Non-invasive respiratory support in the management of COVID-19 : Report of a series using a nasal CPAP mask

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Background: During peak pandemic period of COVID-19, our hospital required rapid reorganization of resources and staff during between mid-March and early April 2020. Within this interval, the hospital responded to an overwhelming rate of admissions of patients in respiratory failure, rapidly reaching over 95% of its usual inpatient bed capacity and requiring 70 extra critical care beds and at least 40 intermediate care unit beds. This created a significant shortage of materials including ventilation equipment, requiring improvised use of available resources.

Aims: To describe our use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) with the continuous positive nasal airway pressure (CPAP) device SuperNO2VA™ (Vyaire Medical, Mettawa, IL) with hospitalized patients in acute respiratory failure due to presumed COVID-19.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 14 inpatients receiving NIV CPAP at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, Spain. These were inpatients presenting in respiratory failure during the peak pandemic period based on defined respiratory health, oxygenation, and comorbidity status criteria. Patient data were retrospectively acquired from patient medical records.

Results: All 14 patients were reviewed. Our series consisted of 11 males and three females with an average age of 61.5 years. Ten of 14 patients (71.4%) NIV CPAP patients did not require intubation or reintubation. Of the four unsuccessful cases, one required intubation, two required reintubation, and one expired.

Conclusions: In a time of crisis, anesthesiologists and respiratory specialists implemented the use of NIV CPAP with SuperNO2VA to help meet the high care demand of patients in respiratory distress. Although the SuperNO2VA was not originally developed for the management of patients in respiratory failure or distress related to COVID-19, this case series demonstrates it can be used with mostly favorable results during a time of limited resources to improve the clinical situation in patients. Advantages and disadvantages are explored.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Trends in anaesthesia & critical care - 39(2021) vom: 04. Aug., Seite 33-37

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Betancur, Adrián Mira [VerfasserIn]
Pajares, Angélica De Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Noninvasive ventilation
Respiratory airflow
Respiratory distress syndrome
Respiratory insufficiency
Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tacc.2021.04.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371098653