Open AccessProne ventilation in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: Case report of two patients from Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Dawit Kebede Huluka,
Sebrina Ahmed,
Hiwotie Abebe,
Joseph Chi Kan Huang,
David H. Chong,
D.A. Haisch,
Charles B. Sherman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the pan african thoracic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2694-4561
DOI - 10.25259/jpats_23_2020
Subject(s) - ards , medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , ventilation (architecture) , pandemic , acute respiratory distress , psychological intervention , respiratory distress , prone position , emergency medicine , disease , lung , anesthesia , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , mechanical engineering , engineering
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the largest health crises that the world has ever seen, infecting forty million people and killing more than 1 million to date. The disease has imposed a significant demand on health care resources due to the increased number and severely ill patients visiting facilities each day. Since there is no effective cure for COVID-19, supportive management with oxygen, steroids, anticoagulation, and prone positioning remains the major interventions. Prone ventilation is known to have a mortality benefit in intubated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, studies on its role in intubated patients with COVID-19 ARDS (CARDS) are very scarce in resource-limited settings like Africa. We describe two patients with CARDS who were successfully treated with invasive mechanical ventilation, prone ventilation, and standard supportive care.
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