Improving Outcomes for Patients with COVID-19

Overview

 

The clinical presentation and progression of COVID-19 in patients is highly variable.¹ The COVID-19 virus has evolved with each variant and so has treatment according to disease severity. Frontline hospitalists require guidance and support in evaluating patients at risk for worse outcomes from the COVID-19 virus.

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines were first published in 2020 and the guidelines were recently updated in February of 2024. The guidelines provide a description for the evaluation and stratification of patients according to their risk of infection and severity of illness. SHM developed the resources below to support optimal patient outcomes for acutely ill patients with COVID-19, by providing evidence-based guidance to rapidly assess progression of symptoms and illness as well as identify appropriate treatment strategies.

 

¹ Struyf, T. et al. Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID-19 disease. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013665 (2020).