Intern Emerg Med Flowchart for Non-Invasive Ventilation Support in COVID-19 Patients From a Northern Italy Emergency Department

[tetano]

Intern Emerg Med


. 2020 May 20.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02370-8. Online ahead of print.
Flowchart for Non-Invasive Ventilation Support in COVID-19 Patients From a Northern Italy Emergency Department


Daniele Privitera ¹ , Laura Angaroni ¹ , Nicol? Capsoni ¹ , Elisa Forni ¹ , Federico Pierotti ¹ , Fabrizio Vincenti ¹ , Andrea Bellone ²



Affiliations

• PMID: 32435934
• DOI: 10.1007/s11739-020-02370-8

Abstract

With the rapid pandemic spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), Emergency Departments of affected countries are facing an increasing number of patients presenting with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Providing mechanical support and endotracheal intubation can be challenging due to a number of patients larger than usual, often exceeding available resources. Considering the lack of recommendations available, we developed a flowchart to standardize the first approach to patients presenting to the Emergency Department with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Continuous positive airways pressure; Hypoxemic respiratory failure; Non-invasive ventilation.