Ventilator management in the age of COVID-19: response to "Logistic and organizational aspects of a dedicated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients"

Letter to the Editor in response to “Logistic and organizational aspects of a dedicated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients” [1]: In the age of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), conservation of personal protective equipment (PPE) represents an urgent public health priority. Remote monitoring...

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Published in:Critical care (London, England) England), 2020-06, Vol.24 (1), p.329-329, Article 329
Main Authors: Moody, Alastair E, Beutler, Bryce D, Antwi-Amoabeng, Daniel, Lu, Eric X, Willyard, Charles E, Ilyas, Irtqa, Gullapalli, Nageshwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical care
Disease transmission
Humans
Infection control
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Letter
Pandemics
Patients
Personal protective equipment
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Ventilators
Ventilators, Mechanical
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Summary:Letter to the Editor in response to “Logistic and organizational aspects of a dedicated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients” [1]: In the age of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), conservation of personal protective equipment (PPE) represents an urgent public health priority. Remote monitoring and management of ventilator settings can be performed without the use of PPE, thereby conserving respirators, gloves, and gowns for essential tasks that must be performed at bedside. 2. Use of personal protective equipment among health care personnel: results of clinical observations and simulations.
ISSN:1364-8535
1466-609X
1364-8535
1366-609X
DOI:10.1186/s13054-020-03069-0