Early intubation and decreased in-hospital mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Abstract Background Some academic organizations recommended that physicians intubate patients with COVID-19 with a relatively lower threshold of oxygen usage particularly in the early phase of pandemic. We aimed to elucidate whether early intubation is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality...

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Main Authors: Ryo Yamamoto, Daiki Kaito, Koichiro Homma, Akira Endo, Takashi Tagami, Morio Suzuki, Naoyuki Umetani, Masayuki Yagi, Eisaku Nashiki, Tomohiro Suhara, Hiromasa Nagata, Hiroki Kabata, Koichi Fukunaga, Kazuma Yamakawa, Mineji Hayakawa, Takayuki Ogura, Atsushi Hirayama, Hideo Yasunaga, Junichi Sasaki, the J-RECOVER study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-03995-1