Preliminary observations of anaesthesia ventilators use for prolonged mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Jun;39(3):371-372. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.04.009. Epub 2020 Apr 29.
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Keywords: Anaesthesia; Mechanical ventilators.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anesthesia, Inhalation / instrumentation
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • Blood Gas Analysis
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equivalence Trials as Topic
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Hypoxia / therapy*
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nurse Anesthetists
  • Pandemics*
  • Patient Selection
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
  • Respiration, Artificial / instrumentation
  • Respiration, Artificial / methods*
  • Respiration, Artificial / nursing
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Ventilators, Mechanical* / classification
  • Ventilators, Mechanical* / supply & distribution