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21.07.2020

German recommendations for critically ill patients with COVID-19
Stefan Kluge, Uwe Janssens, Tobias Welte, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Gernot Marx and Christian Karagiannidis

Please note that a new S2k guideline "Empfehlungen zur stationären Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19" is available in German, including updated recommendations on both Respiratory Support and Intensive Care.

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

Please note that the original paper has been updated on November 26, 2020: > Risikoabschätzung bei Patienten mit chronischen Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen im Rahmen der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie. A translated version of the update will be available here in due time.

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

Please note that a new S2k guideline "Empfehlungen zur stationären Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19" is available in German, including updated recommendations on both Respiratory Support and Intensive Care.

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 für Palliativmedizin mit Unterstützung 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.

• 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

   

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
  see also overview of current research evidence
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  European Respiratory Society (ERS)
  see also ERS Plattform, including recommendations of national societies and community forum
  
  European Lung Foundation (ELF)
  
  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)