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

Andrea BruniEugenio GarofaloMaria MazzitelliCarlo P VociArmando PuglisiAngela QuirinoNadia MarascioEnrico M TrecarichiGiovanni MateraCarlo TortiFederico Longhininull null

Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)

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.

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