Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there was minimal data to guide treatment, and we lacked understanding of how clinicians translated this limited evidence base for potential therapeutics to bedside care. Our objective was to systematically determine how emerging data about COVID-19 treatments was implemented by analyzing institutional treatment protocols.
Asundi A, Resnik J, Benedict PA, Shin M, Elwy AR, Branch-Elliman W, How Are Emerging Data Translated Into Clinical Practice? A Mixed Methods Investigation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Institutional Treatment Protocols, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2021. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab072