Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline.

Chalmers, James D; Crichton, Megan L; Goeminne, Pieter C; Cao, Bin; Humbert, Marc; Shteinberg, Michal; Antoniou, Katerina M; Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli; Parks, Helen; Wang, Chen; Vandendriessche, Thomas; Qu, Jieming; Stolz, Daiana; Brightling, Christopher; Welte, Tobias; Aliberti, Stefano; Simonds, Anita K; Tonia, Thomy; Roche, Nicolas (2021). Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline. European respiratory journal, 57(4), p. 2100048. European Respiratory Society 10.1183/13993003.00048-2021

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INTRODUCTION

Hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection have a high mortality rate and frequently require non-invasive respiratory support or invasive ventilation. Optimising and standardising management through evidence-based guidelines may improve quality of care and therefore patient outcomes.

METHODS

A task force from the European Respiratory Society and endorsed by the Chinese Thoracic Society identified priority interventions (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) for the initial version of this "living guideline" using the PICO (population, intervention, comparator, outcome) format. The GRADE approach was used for assessing the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. Systematic literature reviews were performed, and data pooled by meta-analysis where possible. Evidence tables were presented and evidence to decision frameworks were used to formulate recommendations.

RESULTS

Based on the available evidence at the time of guideline development (February 20th, 2021) the panel makes a strong recommendation in favour of the use of systemic corticosteroids in patients requiring supplementary oxygen or ventilatory support, and for the use of anticoagulation in hospitalised patients. The panel makes a conditional recommendation for IL-6 receptor antagonist monoclonal antibody treatment and high flow nasal oxygen or continuous positive airway pressure in patients with hypoxaemic respiratory failure. The panel make strong recommendations against the use of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir-ritonavir. Conditional recommendations are made against the use of azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, colchicine, and remdesivir, in the latter case specifically in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. No recommendation was made for remdesivir in patients requiring supplemental oxygen. Further recommendations for research are made.

CONCLUSION

The evidence base for management of COVID-19 now supports strong recommendations in favour and against specific interventions. These guidelines will be regularly updated as further evidence becomes available.

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