Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A European respiratory society living guideline

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftReviewForskningfagfællebedømt

  • James D. Chalmers
  • Megan L. Crichton
  • Pieter C. Goeminne
  • Bin Cao
  • Marc Humbert
  • Michal Shteinberg
  • Katerina M. Antoniou
  • Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli
  • Helen Parks
  • Chen Wang
  • Thomas Vandendriessche
  • Jieming Qu
  • Daiana Stolz
  • Christopher Brightling
  • Tobias Welte
  • Stefano Aliberti
  • Anita K. Simonds
  • Thomy Tonia
  • Nicolas Roche

Introduction: Hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection have a high mortality rate and frequently require noninvasive respiratory support or invasive ventilation. Optimising and standardising management through evidence-based guidelines may improve quality of care and therefore patient outcomes. Methods: A task force from the European Respiratory Society and endorsed by the Chinese Thoracic Society identified priority interventions (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) for the initial version of this “living guideline” using the PICO (population, intervention, comparator, outcome) format. The GRADE approach was used for assessing the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. Systematic literature reviews were performed, and data pooled by meta-analysis where possible. Evidence tables were presented and evidence to decision frameworks were used to formulate recommendations. Results: Based on the available evidence at the time of guideline development (20 February, 2021), the panel makes a strong recommendation in favour of the use of systemic corticosteroids in patients requiring supplementary oxygen or ventilatory support, and for the use of anticoagulation in hospitalised patients. The panel makes a conditional recommendation for interleukin (IL)-6 receptor antagonist monoclonal antibody treatment and high-flow nasal oxygen or continuous positive airway pressure in patients with hypoxaemic respiratory failure. The panel make strong recommendations against the use of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir-ritonavir. Conditional recommendations are made against the use of azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin, colchicine, and remdesivir, in the latter case specifically in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. No recommendation was made for remdesivir in patients requiring supplemental oxygen. Further recommendations for research are made. Conclusion: The evidence base for management of COVID-19 now supports strong recommendations in favour and against specific interventions. These guidelines will be regularly updated as further evidence becomes available.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer2100048
TidsskriftThe European Respiratory Journal
Vol/bind57
Udgave nummer4
ISSN0903-1936
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

Bibliografisk note

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The authors wish to thank Kristel Paque and Krizia Tuand, the biomedical reference librarians of the KU Leuven Libraries - 2Bergen - learning Centre D?sir? Collen (Leuven, Belgium), for their help in conducting the systematic literature search. This work was funded by the European Respiratory Society. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.

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Support statement: This work was funded by the European Respiratory Society. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.

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Foundation, outside the submitted work. M. Humbert reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from GlaxoSmithKline, personal fees from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Teva and Merck, grants and personal fees from Acceleron, Actelion and Bayer, outside the submitted work. M. Shteinberg reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from GSK, grants and personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Kamada, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Teva and Zambon, non-financial support from Actelion and Rafa, outside the submitted work. K.M. Antoniou has nothing to disclose. C.S. Ulrik reports grants from Mundipharma, personal fees from AstraZeneca, GSK, Chiesi, Orion Pharma and TEVA, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi Genzyme and Novartis, outside the submitted work. H. Parks has nothing to disclose. C. Wang has nothing to disclose. T. Vandendriessche has nothing to disclose. J. Qu has nothing to disclose. D. Stolz reports grants from AstraZeneca AG, Curetis AG and Boston Scientific, lecture fees from AstraZeneca AG, Novartis AG, GSK AG, Roche AG, Zambon, Pfizer, Schwabe Pharma AG and Vifor AG, outside the submitted work. C. Brightling has nothing to disclose. T. Welte reports grants from German Ministry of Health, German Ministry of Research and Education, DFG, WHO and EU, during the conduct of the study; personal fees for lectures and advisory board work from Roche, AstraZeneca, Boehringer, GSK and Novartis, outside the submitted work. S. Aliberti reports grants and personal fees for advisory board work from Bayer Healthcare, personal fees for lectures from Grifols and Menarini, personal fees for advisory board work from AstraZeneca and ZetaCube Srl, personal fees for advisory board work and lectures from Zambon and GlaxoSmithKline, grants and personal fees for advisory board work and lectures from Chiesi and INSMED, grants from Fisher & Paykel, outside the submitted work. A.K. Simonds has nothing to disclose. T. Tonia acts as ERS methodologist. N. Roche reports grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis and Pfizer, personal fees from GSK, AstraZeneca, Chiesi, Sanofi and Zambon, outside the submitted work.

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Conflict of interest: J.D. Chalmers reports grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Insmed, grants from Gilead Sciences, personal fees from Chiesi, Novartis and Zambon, outside the submitted work. M.L. Crichton reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, outside the submitted work. P.C. Goeminne reports personal fees for lectures from GSK and AstraZeneca, grants, personal fees for advisory board work and non-financial support for meeting attendance from Chiesi, outside the submitted work. B. Cao reports personal fees from F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd as a member of a steering committee, and grants from Peking Union Medical College

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