1. Practical guidance for oxygen treatment and respiratory support of patients with COVID-19 infection before admission to intensive care unit
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Sergey Avdeev, N A Tsareva, Andrey I. Yaroshetskiy, N V Trushenko, and Zamira M. Merzhoeva
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Respiratory support ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030228 respiratory system ,Life support ,Oxygen therapy ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Abstract
Acute Respiratory failure (ARF) is the leading cause of death in patients with severe COVID-19, who have been admitted to the hospital. Tradition - ally, it has been believed that with severe pneumonia complicated by ARF, survival can improve with the use of early intubation and artificial lung ventilation (ALV) in patients. However, according to recently published studies, COVID-19 has a very high death rate among patients receiving ALV. In case of early (pre-life support) start of oxygen therapy and respiratory support in patients with COVID-19 the need for transfer to the intensive care unit, tracheal intubation and ALV decreases, and therefore the prognosis improves. This article presents practical guidelines for oxygen therapy and respiratory support at the pre-life support in patients with COVID-19 infection complicated by ARF.
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- 2020
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