Therapeutic plasma exchange for coronavirus disease-2019 triggered cytokine release syndrome; a retrospective propensity matched control study.

Background: Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology and progression of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) by removing the pathogenic cytokines is hypothesized to dampen CRS.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of the patients with COVID-19 having CRS being treated with TPE compared to controls on the standard of care.

Percutaneous Tracheostomy by Physician Intensivists.

Objective: To assess the safety of percutaneous tracheostomy when performed by physician intensivists.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Adult Medical ICU in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from September 2013 to August 2016.