CARING IN THE ICU AND BEYOND: THOUGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS OF DR. ARAVIND POTHINENI

Suparna Chakraborty*

ABSTRACT

The Covid pandemic has demonstrated overwhelming levels of admissions of patients in the intensive care units. It has been seen that general medical floors have been converted to ICU’s for providing care of the sickest patients. Similarly, the sufferings of the patients do not stop after being discharged from the hospital. They continue to have illnesses involving multiple body systems and cognitive issues including delirium and profound sleep disorders. In this era of long-haul Covid syndrome this is being prominently observed. Dr. Aravind Pothineni, an acclaimed pulmonary and critical care physician and Director of Lung Cancer Screening and Sleep Medicine at SouthEast Heart, Lung and Vascular Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA has used the World Wide Web to bring these issues to our attention. This advocacy prominently addresses the long-term care gap that these complex medical issues lead to challenges in care and stabilization of these patients.

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