Respiratory support for patients with COVID-19 infection
Silvio A Ñamendys-Silva
Published:March 05, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30110-7
As of Feb 27, 2020, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected 47 countries and territories around the world. Xiaobo Yang and colleagues2 described 52 of 710 patients with confirmed COVID-19 admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) in Wuhan, China. 29 (56%) of 52 patients were given non-invasive ventilation at ICU admission, of whom 22 (76%) required further orotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation. The ICU mortality rate among those who required non-invasive ventilation was 23 (79%) of 29 and among those who required invasive mechanical ventilation was 19 (86%) of 22.