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Continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure. A report of six cases with excellent outcome
Affiliations- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece
- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently considered a significant threat to global health and global economy. This new rapidly spreading virus causes enormous stress to healthcare systems as large number of patients present with respiratory failure, needing intubation and mechanical ventilation. While the industry is racing to meet the rising demand for ventilators, all the alternative respiratory support modalities are employed to save lives in hospitals around the globe. We hereby report 6 patients who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 and treated with continuous positive airway pressure in a negative pressure isolated room in a tertiary center in western Greece. The rapid progression of mild flu-like symptoms to respiratory failure in all patients was controlled with the use of continuous positive airway pressure making this strategy a reasonable alternative to respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 as it may avert intubation and mechanical ventilation.
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently considered a significant threat to global health and global economy. This new rapidly spreading virus causes enormous stress to healthcare systems as large number of patients present with respiratory failure, needing intubation and mechanical ventilation. While the industry is racing to meet the rising demand for ventilators, all the alternative respiratory support modalities are employed to save lives in hospitals around the globe. We hereby report 6 patients who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 and treated with continuous positive airway pressure in a negative pressure isolated room in a tertiary center in western Greece. The rapid progression of mild flu-like symptoms to respiratory failure in all patients was controlled with the use of continuous positive airway pressure making this strategy a reasonable alternative to respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 as it may avert intubation and mechanical ventilation.
Keywords
respiratory failure; corona virus disease-19; continuous positive airway pressure
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Continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure. A report of six cases with excellent outcome
Journal
Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
197-202
Published online
2021-03-02
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939
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554
DOI
10.5603/ARM.a2020.0181
Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Adv Respir Med 2021;89(2):197-202.
Keywords
respiratory failure
corona virus disease-19
continuous positive airway pressure
Authors
Dimitrios Velissaris
Diamanto Aretha
Konstantinos Tsiotsios
Charalambos Gogos
Vasileios Karamouzos
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