Development and Implementation of a Clinician-facing Prognostic Communication Tool for Patients with COVID-19 and Critical Illness

Effective prognostication for a novel disease presents significant challenges, especially given the stress induced during a pandemic. We developed a point-of-care tool to summarize outcome data for critically ill patients with COVID-19 and help guide clinicians through a thoughtful prognostication process. Two authors reviewed studies of outcomes of patients with critical illness due to COVID-19 and created a visual infographic tool based on available data. Survival data were supplemented by descriptions of best and worst-case clinical scenarios.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - May 9, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lindsay M. Gibbon, Katherine E. GrayBuck, Laura I. Buck, Kuang-Ning Huang, Neela L. Penumarthy, Shirou Wu, J. Randall Curtis Tags: COVID-19 for Fast Track Publication Source Type: research