Respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with high mortality and may overwhelm health care systems, due to the surge of patients requiring advanced respiratory support. Shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds required many patients to be treated outside the ICU despite severe gas exchange impairment. Helmet is an effective interface to provide continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) noninvasively. We report data about the usefulness of helmet CPAP during pandemic, either as treatment, a bridge to intubation or a rescue therapy for patients with care limitations (DNI).
Helmet CPAP to treat hypoxic pneumonia outside the ICU: an observational study during the COVID-19 outbreak / Coppadoro, Andrea; Benini, Annalisa; Fruscio, Robert; Verga, Luisa; Mazzola, Paolo; Bellelli, Giuseppe; Carbone, Marco; Mulinacci, Giacomo; Soria, Alessandro; Noè, Beatrice; Beck, Eduardo; Di Sciacca, Riccardo; Ippolito, Davide; Citerio, Giuseppe; Valsecchi, Maria Grazia; Biondi, Andrea; Pesci, Alberto; Bonfanti, Paolo; Gaudesi, Davide; Bellani, Giacomo; Foti, Giuseppe. - In: CRITICAL CARE. - ISSN 1364-8535. - 25:1(2021), pp. 8001-8010. [10.1186/s13054-021-03502-y]
Helmet CPAP to treat hypoxic pneumonia outside the ICU: an observational study during the COVID-19 outbreak
Bellani, Giacomo;
2021-01-01
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Respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with high mortality and may overwhelm health care systems, due to the surge of patients requiring advanced respiratory support. Shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds required many patients to be treated outside the ICU despite severe gas exchange impairment. Helmet is an effective interface to provide continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) noninvasively. We report data about the usefulness of helmet CPAP during pandemic, either as treatment, a bridge to intubation or a rescue therapy for patients with care limitations (DNI).| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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