Podcast | Practice of Medicine | May 18, 2020

Providing Critical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID19 pandemic faces providers with myriad challenges. Dr. Jason Wagner highlights the salient clinical features of critically ill patients with COVID-19, reviews the various treatment approaches, and touches on the various challenges that the future holds.

Dr. Jason Wagner is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician by training. He obtained his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and then went on to complete his internal medicine residency and pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania where he was an associate program director for residency and fellowship. Having recently relocated to San Antonio, he is now a member of Texas IPS – providing pulmonary and critical care consultation to the greater San Antonio area.

Resources

  1. New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch. Coronavirus (COVID-19). https://www.jwatch.org/covid-19.
  2. The Lancet. COVID-19 Resource Centre. https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus?dgcid=kr_pop-up_tlcoronavirus20

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