The CMC Vellore COVID PUblic Lecture SEries (COVID PULSE) were instituted with the aim to:
a) Provide clinicians with up-to-date knowledge on integral aspects of COVID-19 management to inform clinical care and improve patient outcomes
b) Bring together doctors from various backgrounds so that questions regarding the feasibility of interventions and/or barriers to implementation across diverse care scenarios are examined and addressed
c) Provide ideas for further innovation
d) Help clinicians design or refine protocols in the context of available resources.
OXYGEN THERAPY, AWAKE SELF POSITIONING AND NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION: LESSONS FROM RESPIRATORY ICUSpeaker: Dr. Barney Isaac, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CMC Vellore.
Moderator: Dr. Binila Chacko, Professor, Medical ICU, Division of Critical Care, CMC Vellore
Outline of the lecture:
1.Respiratory physiology relevant to the management of COVID19
2.Principles of oxygen therapy – sources, delivery devices, indications, oxygenationtargets, interventions to minimise risk to healthcare workers
3.Non-invasive ventilation – principles, types, indications, requirements for providing NIV
4.Awake self-positioning
5.CMC protocols for oxygen therapy and NIV
6.Data on NIV use in CMC’s Respiratory ICU
7.Questions from the floor
ANTIVIRAL & ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPY IN MANAGEMENT OF ADULTS WITH COVID-19 – A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Speaker: Dr. George M Varghese, Professor and Head, Department of Infectious Diseases, CMC Vellore.
Moderator: Dr. Rajiv Karthik, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, CMC Vellore.Outline of the lecture:
1.SARS COV2 viral dynamics and implications for treatment and infection control2.Antiviral therapy: Remdesivir, HCQ, Lopinavir/ Ritonavir3.Anti-inflammatory therapy: Dexamethasone, tocilizumab4.Strategies for optimising therapy: assessing disease severity, duration of illness, identifying the high risk patient.5.Questions from the audience
Watch all the lectures in the series, on our playlist – CMC COVID Public Lecture Series
