COVID-19: The Uninvited Guest in the Intensive Care Unit - Implications for Pharmacotherapy

Kathleen A Stringer^{1

2

3}, Michael A Puskarich^{4

5}, Michael T Kenes¹, Robert P Dickson^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC), School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial

Kathleen A Stringer et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;40(5):382-386.

doi: 10.1002/phar.2394. Epub 2020 May 4.

Kathleen A Stringer^{1

2

3}, Michael A Puskarich^{4

5}, Michael T Kenes¹, Robert P Dickson^{2

3}

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC), School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; acute respiratory distress syndrome; corona virus; intensive care unit.

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