The Saudi Critical Care Society practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in the ICU: Therapy section

Waleed Alhazzani; Mohammed Alshahrani; Fayez Alshamsi; Ohoud Aljuhani; Khalid Eljaaly; Samaher Hashim; Rakan Alqahtani; Doaa Alsaleh; Zainab Al Duhailib; Haifa Algethamy; Tariq Al-Musawi; Thamir Alshammari; Abdullah Alqarni; Danya Khoujah; Wail Tashkandi; Talal Dahhan; Najla Almutairi; Haleema A. Alserehi; Maytha Al-Yahya; Bandar Al-Judaibi; Yaseen M. Arabi; Jameel Abualenain; Jawaher M. Alotaibi; Ali Al bshabshe; Reham Alharbi; Fahad Al-Hameed; Alyaa Elhazmi; Reem S. Almaghrabi; Fatma Almaghlouth; Malak Abedalthagafi; Noor Al Khathlan; Faisal A. Al-Suwaidan; Reem F. Bunyan; Bandar Baw; Ghassan Alghamdi; Manal Al Hazmi; Yasser Mandourah; Abdullah Assiri; Mushira Enani; Maha Alawi; Reem Aljindan; Ahmed Aljabbary; Abdullah Alrbiaan; Fahd Algurashi; Abdulmohsen Alsaawi; Thamer H. Alenazi; Mohammed A. Alsultan; Saleh A. Alqahtani; Ziad Memish; Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq; Ahmed Al-jedai

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2021.10.005

The Saudi Critical Care Society practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in the ICU: Therapy section

Waleed Alhazzani, Mohammed Alshahrani, Fayez Alshamsi, Ohoud Aljuhani, Khalid Eljaaly, Samaher Hashim, Rakan Alqahtani, Doaa Alsaleh, Zainab Al Duhailib, Haifa Algethamy, Tariq Al-Musawi, Thamir Alshammari, Abdullah Alqarni, Danya Khoujah, Wail Tashkandi, Talal Dahhan, Najla Almutairi, Haleema A. Alserehi, Maytha Al-Yahya, Bandar Al-JudaibiYaseen M. Arabi, Jameel Abualenain, Jawaher M. Alotaibi, Ali Al bshabshe, Reham Alharbi, Fahad Al-Hameed, Alyaa Elhazmi, Reem S. Almaghrabi, Fatma Almaghlouth, Malak Abedalthagafi, Noor Al Khathlan, Faisal A. Al-Suwaidan, Reem F. Bunyan, Bandar Baw, Ghassan Alghamdi, Manal Al Hazmi, Yasser Mandourah, Abdullah Assiri, Mushira Enani, Maha Alawi, Reem Aljindan, Ahmed Aljabbary, Abdullah Alrbiaan, Fahd Algurashi, Abdulmohsen Alsaawi, Thamer H. Alenazi, Mohammed A. Alsultan, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Ziad Memish, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Ahmed Al-jedai

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Background: The rapid increase in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases during the subsequent waves in Saudi Arabia and other countries prompted the Saudi Critical Care Society (SCCS) to put together a panel of experts to issue evidence-based recommendations for the management of COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: The SCCS COVID-19 panel included 51 experts with expertise in critical care, respirology, infectious disease, epidemiology, emergency medicine, clinical pharmacy, nursing, respiratory therapy, methodology, and health policy. All members completed an electronic conflict of interest disclosure form. The panel addressed 9 questions that are related to the therapy of COVID-19 in the ICU. We identified relevant systematic reviews and clinical trials, then used the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach as well as the evidence-to-decision framework (EtD) to assess the quality of evidence and generate recommendations. Results: The SCCS COVID-19 panel issued 12 recommendations on pharmacotherapeutic interventions (immunomodulators, antiviral agents, and anticoagulants) for severe and critical COVID-19, of which 3 were strong recommendations and 9 were weak recommendations. Conclusion: The SCCS COVID-19 panel used the GRADE approach to formulate recommendations on therapy for COVID-19 in the ICU. The EtD framework allows adaptation of these recommendations in different contexts. The SCCS guideline committee will update recommendations as new evidence becomes available.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	142-151
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.10.005
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

Keywords

COVID-19
Intensive care unit
Practice guideline
Therapy

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Alhazzani, W., Alshahrani, M., Alshamsi, F., Aljuhani, O., Eljaaly, K., Hashim, S., Alqahtani, R., Alsaleh, D., Al Duhailib, Z., Algethamy, H., Al-Musawi, T., Alshammari, T., Alqarni, A., Khoujah, D., Tashkandi, W., Dahhan, T., Almutairi, N., Alserehi, H. A., Al-Yahya, M., ... Al-jedai, A. (2022). The Saudi Critical Care Society practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in the ICU: Therapy section. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 15(1), 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.10.005

Alhazzani, W, Alshahrani, M, Alshamsi, F, Aljuhani, O, Eljaaly, K, Hashim, S, Alqahtani, R, Alsaleh, D, Al Duhailib, Z, Algethamy, H, Al-Musawi, T, Alshammari, T, Alqarni, A, Khoujah, D, Tashkandi, W, Dahhan, T, Almutairi, N, Alserehi, HA, Al-Yahya, M, Al-Judaibi, B, Arabi, YM, Abualenain, J, Alotaibi, JM, Al bshabshe, A, Alharbi, R, Al-Hameed, F, Elhazmi, A, Almaghrabi, RS, Almaghlouth, F, Abedalthagafi, M, Al Khathlan, N, Al-Suwaidan, FA, Bunyan, RF, Baw, B, Alghamdi, G, Al Hazmi, M, Mandourah, Y, Assiri, A, Enani, M, Alawi, M, Aljindan, R, Aljabbary, A, Alrbiaan, A, Algurashi, F, Alsaawi, A, Alenazi, TH, Alsultan, MA, Alqahtani, SA, Memish, Z, Al-Tawfiq, JA & Al-jedai, A 2022, 'The Saudi Critical Care Society practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in the ICU: Therapy section', Journal of Infection and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.10.005

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