COVID-19 Protocol With Translation
COVID-19 Protocol With Translation
COVID-19 Protocol With Translation
The following summary was received , translated and circulated by Dr.Stuart Ditchek, faculty New York
University School of Medicine.
In addition to the summary as detailed by Rambam Medical Center in Israel below, we are getting reports
from the British clinicians that will supplement these recommendations and hopefully improve outcomes
for critical patients. The British experience has been to provide broad spectrum antibiotic coverage for
critically ill patients. While their antibiotic choices are useful, United States hospitals can make appropriate
modifications based on our infectious disease experts and experience. The British are in fact using
combinations of Amoxicillin Potassium Clavulanate and Azithromycin for moderately sick patients.
Critically sick patients will require coverage for staphylococcal secondary pneumonias and in many cases
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA). The British are primarily using Vancomycin for this purpose.
Gentamycin is being added for those intubated patients that are suspected to have aspiration pneumonia
as well. The infectious disease experts at every hospital in the United States may use different antibiotic
combinations as per their expertise and availability of these drugs. The critical point for the United States
clinicians to learn from this data is that secondary bacterial pneumonias need to be treated early in order
to prevent further morbidity. We also need to remember to intubate early as respiratory distress worsens.
CRITICAL SUMMARY OF ISRAELI HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE COVID19 March 2020 (find an English
translation of document)
I received and translated the following document from Rambam Medical Center is Israel where they have been
approximately one week ahead of the United States cases. Please distribute to all hospital systems throughout
the United States urgently. The article is complete with full references. I apologize for sending out this critical
experiential information over social media but there are a large number of critical patients right now who might
benefit. I take no responsibility for the experiences expressed in this summary; nevertheless, it should help those
of us who are treating COVID19 patients. I have asked the Hatzolah Emergency Response organization to
distribute to all New York hospitals this evening. May G-d bless all those recovering.
Patients admitted COVID-19: Tracking metrics will soon be available.
Do not perform additional tests imaging or other consultations or procedures that are not required,
except to the extent necessary and with the approval of the department and hospital.
All drug treatments are on an experimental basis, and none have been proven in Phase 2 or 3 clinical
trials Dosages for proper kidney function.
1. Less severe patients who do not need oxygen
support:
Supportive care
only.
2. Critical Patients without respiratory
failure:
Oxygen supplement with glasses / mask. Artificial respiration at the discretion of the
department's management.
Hydroxychloroquine 400mg BID for 1 day followed by 200mg BID for 9 days
Watch for Prolonged QT interval.
Medication can be prepared by the pharmacy for delivery via NG tube.
3. Critical patients with respiratory
failure.
Ventilator support.
Lopinavir / Ritonavir (Kaletra) 400mg/100mg BID, 10 days (for nasogastric administration
administer solution)
Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquinil) 200mg TID, 10 days
Remdesivir 200mg loading, followed next day by 100mgX1, 5-10 days
Before starting treatment, HIV should be ruled out.
Interactions with regularly taken drugs should be ascertained.
Noting that so far, a minority of co-infection with other viruses has been documented (<2%) and,
unlike flu, Bacterial pneumonia has been documented in only a minority of cases. No antibiotic
treatment is indicated for any COVID-19 patient with respiratory failure, except on clinical grounds. If
initiated, the empirical treatment recommended is Levofloxacin 500mg for a single dose.
החולים יאושפזו במחלת הכתר .מעקב מדדים באמצעות בקרה מרחוק .אין לבצע בדיקות
הדמיה או אחרות ,אין להזמין ייעוצים או פרוצדורות ,אלא במידת ההכרח ובאישור הנהלת
המחלקה ובית החולים.
כל הטיפולים התרופתיים הם על בסיס ניסיוני ,ואף לא אחד הוכח במחקרים קליניים מסוג
פאזה 2או 3נכון לרגע זה .מינוני תרופות לתפקוד כלייתי תקין.
הגשת בקשה לטיפול חמלה ב( Remdesivir -דרך היחידה למחלות זיהומיות)
מדינת ישראל -משרד הבריאות ת.ד ,9602 .חיפה 31096 רמב"ם -הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם
E-mail: m_paul@rambam.health.gov.il טל ,04-8542991/1592 :פקס04-8541620 : www.rambam.org.il
מרכז רפואי רמב"ם
המכון למחלות זיהומיות
2020 מרץ10 1, גרסה
Hyperimmune globulin
:ביבליוגרפיה
Chloroquine
Lopinavir/ ritonavir
Zhou F. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with
COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Mar
11. pii: S0140-6736(20)30566-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30566-3.
Remdesivir:
משרד הבריאות- מדינת ישראל 31096 חיפה,9602 .ד.ת הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם- רמב"ם
E-mail: m_paul@rambam.health.gov.il 04-8541620 : פקס,04-8542991/1592 :טל www.rambam.org.il
מרכז רפואי רמב"ם
המכון למחלות זיהומיות
2020 מרץ10 1, גרסה
Angiotensin II
משרד הבריאות- מדינת ישראל 31096 חיפה,9602 .ד.ת הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם- רמב"ם
E-mail: m_paul@rambam.health.gov.il 04-8541620 : פקס,04-8542991/1592 :טל www.rambam.org.il