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cord-254287-8q2gdy5n	Azoulay, Elie	International variation in the management of severe COVID-19 patients	2020-08-05		.txt	text/plain	1321	82	52	Respondents (median 45 years [IQR, 39-53], 34% women) were from Middle Europe (25%), South Europe (23%), the United Kingdom (UK) (12%), South America (9%), North Europe (8.1%), Eastern Europe (5.3%), Middle-East (5%), North America (4.7%), Asia (3.3%), India (2.7%), Australia-New Zealand (1.3%), or Africa (0.6%); 54% were living in a large city (> 1 million inhabitants), and 55% were working in university-affiliated hospitals. For instance, prone positioning was performed in 70-85% of the cases in Asia, India, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, South America, South Europe, and the UK, whereas Africa, Australia-New Zealand, Middle East, North America, and Scandinavia were in the 50-70% range (Fig. 3, P < 0 Antibiotic prescribing was routine for all patients in 44.2% of the respondents and biomarker-guided in 36.5%, without significant variation across regions. This survey highlights important practice variations in the management of severe COVID-19 patients, including differences at regional and individual levels.	./cache/cord-254287-8q2gdy5n.txt	./txt/cord-254287-8q2gdy5n.txt