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DEUTSCHE ATEMWEGSLIGA
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LungenstiftungCoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
For all recommendations, videos and further information on Covid-19, please refer to our German site.
DGP Recommendations in English
21.07.2020 (update)
German recommendations for critically ill patients with COVID-19
Stefan Kluge, Uwe Janssens, Tobias Welte, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Gernot Marx and Christian Karagiannidis
original publication: > Empfehlungen zur intensivmedizinischen Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19, in Medizinische Klinik – Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, vol. 115, pp. 175-77.
27.04./27.05.2020
Risk assessment for patients with chronic respiratory and pulmonary conditions in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Torsten Bauer, Klaus F. Rabe, Christian Taube, Marcus Joest, Michael Kreuter, Hubert Wirtz, Martin Kolditz, Hilte Geerdes-Fenge, Ralf Otto-Knapp, Brit Häcker, Felix Ringshausen, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Niels Reinmuth, Martin Reck, Jens Gottlieb, Stavros Konstantinides, F. Joachim Meyer, Heinrich Worth, Wolfram Windisch, Marek Lommatzsch
original publication: > Risikoabschätzung bei Patienten mit chronischen Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen im Rahmen der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie
17.04.2020
Position Paper for the State-of-the-Art Application of Respiratory Support in Patients with COVID-19
Michael Pfeifer, Santiago Ewig, Thomas Voshaar, Winfried Johannes Randerath, Torsten Bauer, Jens Geiseler, Dominic Dellweg, Michael Westhoff, Wolfram Windisch, Bernd Schönhofer, Stefan Kluge and Philipp M. Lepper
original publication: > Positionspapier der DGP zur praktischen Umsetzung der apparativen Differenzialtherapie der akuten respiratorischen Insuffizienz bei COVID-19
19./30.03.2020
Recommendations for treatment of patients with COVID-19 from the palliative care perspective
Wiebke Nehls, Sandra Delis, Birgit Haberland, Bernd O. Maier, Kirsten Sänger, Günter Tessmer, Lukas Radbruch, Claudia
original publication: > Handlungsempfehlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fĂĽr Palliativmedizin mit UnterstĂĽtzung der DGP zur Therapie von Patient*innen mit Covid-19 aus palliativmedizinischer Perspektive
12.03.2020
German recommendations for critically ill patients with COVID-19
Stefan Kluge, Uwe Janssens, Tobias Welte, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Gernot Marx and Christian Karagiannidis
original publication: > Empfehlungen zur intensivmedizinischen Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19, in Medizinische Klinik – Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, vol. 115, pp. 175-77.
Practical Information
FAQ and more Information by the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Daily situation reports for Germany by the Robert Koch Institute
German Corona-Warn-App (contact tracing)
Medical on-call service 116117
Search for local health department
Search for local doctor with special service during the pandemic (in German)
CovApp by the Charité Berlin to navigate health system (for English see top right corner)
European Lung Foundations: Managing breathlessness at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
Partner Societies and International Organisations on COVID-19
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
see also overview of current research evidence
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
see also ERS Plattform, including recommendations of national societies and community forum
American Thoracic Society (ATS):
Statements and Clinician Resources
World Health Organisation (WHO)- see also clinical "Solidarity" trials for COVID-19 treatments
European Research Area of the European Commission (ERA)