Open-source institutional guideline recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the search for ways in which to provide the best available care have created unprecedented times in terms of rapidly evolving reports of available treatment options. The primary objective of our analysis was to categorize online, open-source guidance to determine how US institutions approached their recommendations for management of patients with COVID-19 in the early weeks of the pandemic.

Methods

A search for open-source, online institutional guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 was conducted using predefined criteria. The search was limited to the United States and conducted from April 12 through 14, 2020, and again on April 22, 2020. Searches were conducted at 2 points in time in order to identify ch

SUBMITTER: Collins CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454286 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature