Rapid Implementation of a Multidisciplinary COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome Task Force.
Bibi AyeshaAnand KumthekarRuchi JainSneha PatelManish RameshDenisa E FerastraoaruGolda HudesMerhunisa KaragicSheema ZafarRachel BartashNatalia Vasquez-CanizaresElizabeth KitsisClement TagoeDawn M WaheziTamar B RubinsteinAnna BroderPublished in: ACR open rheumatology (2021)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first multidisciplinary collaborative effort to provide individualized patient recommendations for evaluation and treatment of patients with COVID-19 who may have CSS. This working model helped to devise an approach that may have identified patients who were most likely to benefit from biologic therapy in the absence of evidence-based guidelines.