The saudi critical care society clinical practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit

Waleed Alhazzani¹, Faisal A Al-Suwaidan², Zohair A Al Aseri³, Abbas Al Mutair⁴, Ghassan Alghamdi⁵, Ali A Rabaan⁶, Mohmmed Algamdi⁷, Ahmed F Alohali⁸, Ayed Y Asiri⁹, Mohammed S Alshahrani¹⁰, Maha F Al-Subaie¹¹, Tareq Alayed¹², Hind A Bafaqih¹³, Safug Alkoraisi¹⁴, Saad M Alharthi¹⁵, Farhan Z Alenezi¹⁶, Ahmed Al Gahtani¹⁷, Anas A Amr¹⁸, Abbas Shamsan⁴, Zainab Al Duhailib¹⁹, Awad Al-Omari^20
1 Department of Medicine; Department of Health Research Methods, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
² Clinical Excellence Administration, Second Health Cluster in Central Region, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia, King Fahad Medical City, Second Health Cluster in Central Region, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
³ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; Adult Critical Care Services, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
⁴ Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wollongong University, Australia
⁵ Departments of Medicine, and Intensive Care, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁶ Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
⁷ Critical Care Services Administration and Pulmonary Section, Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
⁸ Critical Care Services Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁹ Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, 2^nd Central Health Cluster, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁰ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
¹¹ Department of Pharmacology, Alfaisal University; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pharmacology, Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹² Pediatric Intensive Care, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹³ Pediatric Intensive Care, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁴ Al Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁵ Respiratory Care Services, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁶ King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁷ Pediatric Respiratory Care Services, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁸ Saudi Patient Safety Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
¹⁹ Department of Health Research Methods, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Critical Care Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
²⁰ Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wollongong University, Australia; Department of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence Address:
Waleed Alhazzani
Departments of Medicine, and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University
Canada

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/sccj.sccj_15_20