A multicomponent oxygen delivery strategy for COVID-19 patients in a step-down intensive care unit: A case series | Zendy

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A multicomponent oxygen delivery strategy for COVID-19 patients in a step-down intensive care unit: A case series

Author(s) -

Fanny Giron,

Swathi Rao,

Natalie Tapaskar

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

respiratory medicine case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 14

ISSN - 2213-0071

DOI - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101209

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , ards , oxygen delivery , intensive care unit , pandemic , pneumonia , hypoxia (environmental) , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , oxygen , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , lung , virology , chemistry , organic chemistry

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the cause of the pandemic that has affected millions of people worldwide with pulmonary manifestations ranging from mild pneumonia to ARDS and characterized by hypoxia. This has led to questions regarding the most efficacious and least harmful oxygen delivery strategies that minimize exposure to health care workers. In this case series, we present the hospital course of 4 patients that were managed with a multi-component oxygen delivery method in a COVID-19 step down unit.

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