Continuous positive airway pressure in COVID-19 patients with moderate-to-severe respiratory failure

CPAP can be successfully used in a number of Covid-19 patients having hypoxemic respiratory failure with gas exchange and radiological findings similar to those generally considered as indications for invasive mechanically ventilation.

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Published in:European Respiratory Journal 2020, Vol.57 (2), p.2002524
Main Authors: Brusasco, Claudia, Corradi, Francesco, Di Domenico, Antonia, Raggi, Francesca, Timossi, Graziano, Santori, Gregorio, Brusasco, Vito
Format: Web Resource
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Agora
Air Filters
Algorithms
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized - therapeutic use
Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use
Comorbidity
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - methods
COVID-19 - diagnostic imaging
COVID-19 - drug therapy
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - physiopathology
COVID-19 - therapy
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Female
Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine - therapeutic use
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypoxia - physiopathology
Hypoxia - therapy
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein - therapeutic use
Intubation, Intratracheal
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Male
Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Noninvasive Ventilation - methods
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Partial Pressure
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology
Respiratory Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Insufficiency - physiopathology
Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:CPAP can be successfully used in a number of Covid-19 patients having hypoxemic respiratory failure with gas exchange and radiological findings similar to those generally considered as indications for invasive mechanically ventilation.
ISSN:0903-1936
1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.02524-2020