Outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure outside the intensive care unit

Aim We aimed to characterise a large population of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with moderate-to-severe hypoxaemic acute respiratory failure (ARF) receiving continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) outside the intensive care unit (ICU), and to ascertain whether the duration of CPAP...

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Main Authors: Rosanna Vaschetto, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Fabrizio Racca, Claudio Pissaia, Carlo Maestrone, Davide Colombo, Carlo Olivieri, Nello De Vita, Erminio Santangelo, Lorenza Scotti, Luigi Castello, Tiziana Cena, Martina Taverna, Luca Grillenzoni, Maria Adele Moschella, Gianluca Airoldi, Silvio Borrè, Francesco Mojoli, Francesco Della Corte, Marta Baggiani, Sara Baino, Piero Balbo, Simona Bazzano, Valeria Bonato, Sara Carbonati, Federico Crimaldi, Veronica Daffara, Luca De Col, Matteo Maestrone, Mario Malerba, Federica Moroni, Raffaella Perucca, Mario Pirisi, Valentina Rondi, Daniela Rosalba, Letizia Vanni, Francesca Vigone, Paolo Navalesi, Gianmaria Cammarota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-01-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00541-2020.full