The COVID-19 Patient in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Ian Monroe; Matthew Dale; Michael Schwabe; Rachel Schenkel; Paul J Schenarts

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2021.09.015

The COVID-19 Patient in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Surg Clin North Am. 2022 Feb;102(1):1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2021.09.015. Epub 2021 Sep 29.

Authors

Ian Monroe¹, Matthew Dale¹, Michael Schwabe¹, Rachel Schenkel¹, Paul J Schenarts²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Creighton University, School of Medicine, Medical Education Building, Suite 501, 7710 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68124-2368, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Creighton University, School of Medicine, Medical Education Building, Suite 501, 7710 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68124-2368, USA. Electronic address: pjschenartsmd@gmail.com.

Abstract

COVID-19 continues to rampage around the world. Noncritical care-trained physicians may be deployed into the intensive care unit to manage these complex patients. Although COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease, it is also associated with significant pathology in the brain, heart, vasculature, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and kidneys. This article provides an overview of COVID-19 using an organ-based, systematic approach.

Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; Critical care management; Multiple organ system failure; Respiratory failure; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications
COVID-19 / therapy*
Critical Care*
General Surgery*
Humans
Intensive Care Units