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COVID-19 and CIBS Center

“I saw the devil and I asked him, ‘Can you give me another chance?’ and he said, ‘Yes, but you know the price,’” Mr. Rios recalled. “Now I think I know the price was my father.”
“'AK-47,' Ron Temko wrote in shaky handwriting from his hospital bed. Then he pointed at his neck to show where the assault rifle should aim. Mr. Temko, a 69-year-old mortgage company executive, couldn’t speak because of the breathing tube in his mouth — he’d been on a ventilator at U.C.S.F. Medical Center for about three weeks by then. So, on a Zoom call nurses arranged with his family, he wrote on paper attached to a clipboard. 'He wants us to kill him,’ his son gasped, according to Mr. Temko and his wife, Linda."
“One moment, scientists in Japan were testing chemicals on her; the next she was telling them, “‘I am an American and I have a right to eat a cheeseburger and drink Coca-Cola,’” she recalled, adding: “I don’t even like cheeseburgers."
The New York Times
June 28, 2020

Neurotropism of coronaviridae (CoVs) is known to have occurred in both SARS and MERS epidemics. SARS-CoV-2 closely shares the viral structure and pathobiology of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.

The intense cough, ventilator dyssynchrony, and infectious potential reported in COVID-19 patients begets management with large quantities of sedatives, immobilization and social isolation. Thus, COVID-19 is a perfect storm yielding an immense burden of delirium (which drives subsequent dementia) and PICS-related cognitive and mental health disabilities, leading to a widespread emerging public health crisis.

At the CIBS Center we will be studying the cognitive function and physical outcomes of COVID-19 survivors to understand the relationship between COVID-19 and long-term health from the pandemic. It may be that the dementia seen after critical illness, that we already study, could be made worse for COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 United States Registry

The ARDS Foundation is collecting information about patients from the United States that have been tested and/or hospitalized for COVID-19. The purpose of collecting this information is so that in the future, research can be conducted relating to this epidemic.

Ongoing Research

CIBS Center’s COVID-19 Research

BRAIN-2

A national study (sponsored by NIH-NIA) in which deceased patients’ families are consenting to provide a priceless donation to science to study COVID-19 effect on the brain

ORCHID-BUD

A national study (sponsored by NIH-NIA) to understand long-term cognitive function, PTSD, and depression in COVID-19 survivors

COVID-D

An International study of the risk factors and epidemiology of delirium and coma in COVID-19 patients while admitted to the ICU
Read on PubMed.gov

ISOLATE-ICU

A national study of the effect of COVID-related isolation policies on patients, families, and healthcare providers in the ICU

MENDING

A multicenter study of the role of a new drug for ICU delirium in COVID-19 patients
Speech Bubble

COVID-19 and CIBS Center in the News

What You Need to Know Before You Wind Up in the ICU
The Daily Beast
What You Need to Know Before You Wind Up in the ICU
The Daily Beast
What You Need to Know Before You Wind Up in the ICU
The Daily Beast
Returning to Work: Millions in Uncharted Waters Due to Long-Haul COVID-19
Healthline
Returning to Work: Millions in Uncharted Waters Due to Long-Haul COVID-19
Healthline
Returning to Work: Millions in Uncharted Waters Due to Long-Haul COVID-19
Healthline
'Vigilante treatments': Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs
NBC News
'Vigilante treatments': Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs
NBC News
'Vigilante treatments': Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs
NBC News
In the South, the delta surge will force impossible choices for ICU doctors like me
The Washington Post
In the South, the delta surge will force impossible choices for ICU doctors like me
The Washington Post
In the South, the delta surge will force impossible choices for ICU doctors like me
The Washington Post
Hospitals Separating Patients And Families Due To COVID-19 Causes Needless Suffering
Forbes
Hospitals Separating Patients And Families Due To COVID-19 Causes Needless Suffering
Forbes
Hospitals Separating Patients And Families Due To COVID-19 Causes Needless Suffering
Forbes
How hospitals can safely reopen to visitors as Covid restrictions are lifted
MSNBC News
How hospitals can safely reopen to visitors as Covid restrictions are lifted
MSNBC News
How hospitals can safely reopen to visitors as Covid restrictions are lifted
MSNBC News
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Feeling Guilty After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine? Here's How to Cope
Very Well Health
Feeling Guilty After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine? Here's How to Cope
Very Well Health
Feeling Guilty After Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine? Here's How to Cope
Very Well Health
The benefits of bringing families together during COVID-19 treatment
CBC
The benefits of bringing families together during COVID-19 treatment
CBC
The benefits of bringing families together during COVID-19 treatment
CBC
Delirium Is Common In Covid-19 ICU Patients, But It Can Be Prevented
Forbes
Delirium Is Common In Covid-19 ICU Patients, But It Can Be Prevented
Forbes
Delirium Is Common In Covid-19 ICU Patients, But It Can Be Prevented
Forbes
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Delirium in COVID-19 ICU Patients
ICU Management & Practice
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Delirium in COVID-19 ICU Patients
ICU Management & Practice
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Delirium in COVID-19 ICU Patients
ICU Management & Practice
Speech Bubble

Additional COVID-19 News

“But the second wave is coming — not of death this time, but of survival”
Dr. Daniela J. Lamas, The New York Times
April 16, 2020
“Or shall I boast of the other patients to whom I doggedly refused to do insane unorthodox things, despite plausible physiologic rationales, because damn it, fundamentals are what save lives?”
Jack Iwashyna, McSweeney’s
April 16, 2020
They Survived Covid-19. Now They Need to Learn to Walk Again.
The New York Times
They Survived Covid-19. Now They Need to Learn to Walk Again.
The New York Times
Sad? Inspiring? Rage-fueled? What kind of story from the medical front lines of the COVID-19 crisis do you want?
McSweeney's
Sad? Inspiring? Rage-fueled? What kind of story from the medical front lines of the COVID-19 crisis do you want?
McSweeney's
Lost Smell and Taste Hint COVID-19 Can Target the Nervous System
The Scientist
Lost Smell and Taste Hint COVID-19 Can Target the Nervous System
The Scientist
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