Multidisciplinary approach to a septic COVID-19 patient undergoing veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and receiving thoracic surgery

Andrea Bruni; Eugenio Garofalo; Maria Mazzitelli; Carlo P Voci; Armando Puglisi; Angela Quirino; Nadia Marascio; Enrico M Trecarichi; Giovanni Matera; Carlo Torti; Federico Longhini; UMG COVID‐19 Group

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4828

Multidisciplinary approach to a septic COVID-19 patient undergoing veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and receiving thoracic surgery

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 4;9(10):e04828. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4828. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Collaborators

UMG COVID‐19 Group:
Eugenio Biamonte, Daniela Procopio, Leonardo Cosenza, Silvia Corrado, Marianna De Lellis, Laura Giorgi, Klajdi Xhengo, Annalisa Barbarossa, Alessandro Russo, Francesca Serapide, Rosaria Lionello, Vincenzo Scaglione, Aida Giancotti, Giorgio S Barreca, Cinzia Peronace, Luigia Gallo

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Magna Graecia University Catanzaro Italy.
² Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Magna Graecia University Catanzaro Italy.
³ Thoracic Surgery Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Magna Graecia University Catanzaro Italy.
⁴ Clinical Microbiology Unit Department of Health Sciences Magna Graecia University Catanzaro Italy.

Abstract

A multidisciplinary approach appears to be fundamental for the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19, improving clinical outcomes, even in the most severe cases. Such severe cases are advisable to be collegially discussed between intensivists, surgeons, infectious disease, and other physicians potentially involved.

Keywords: COVID‐19; ECMO; SARS‐CoV‐2; antibiotic therapy; thoracic surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports