-
Featured
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 Patients
In this Q&A, Lorenzo Berra, MD, and Charles Hardin, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital explain the link between acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and share insight into upcoming research on antiviral treatment approaches.
-
Preprint Data from RECOVERY Trial Show Mortality Benefit of Dexamethasone in COVID-19
The new standard of care is to consider dexamethasone for COVID-19 patients who are on oxygen or have hypoxemic respiratory failure.
-
ARDS Related to COVID-19 Expected to Cause Increase of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Within the next year, physicians can expect to see increased numbers of patients with fibrotic lung disease that has developed as a complication of acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19.
-
Right Ventricular Dysfunction May Prove to Be Common with COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians note that, to date, there is no convincing evidence that right ventricular failure in patients with COVID-19 has any novel features.
-
No Evidence to Support Novel Mechanism of Hypoxemia in COVID-19
According to Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians, observations of hypoxemia in COVID-19 are entirely consistent with known mechanisms and do not require the invocation of novel processes specific to SARS-CoV-2.
-
Choice of Tidal Volume in COVID-19 Patients Without ARDS Should Be Individualized
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers find that there's reasonably strong evidence for low tidal volume ventilation in non-ARDS respiratory failure, although it is not without risks.
Learn about the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
ARDS contributors
-
Charles Corey Hardin, MD, PhD
Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Physician Investigator, Pulmonary, Mass General Research Institute
Recent Article
No Evidence to Support Novel Mechanism of Hypoxemia in COVID-19
-
David M. Dudzinski, MD
Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH
Recent Article
International Perspectives: Optimizing Cardiac Critical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
-
Lorenzo Berra, MD
Medical Director, Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Review: How to Make ICUs More Geriatrics-friendly
