Open AccessProne position combined with high-flow nasal oxygen could benefit spontaneously breathing, severe COVID-19 patients: A case report
Author(s) -
Dawei Xu,
Guangliang Li,
Jiong-Han Zhang,
Fei He
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i17.4381
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , breathing , anesthesia , prone position , oxygen , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , chemistry , disease , organic chemistry , outbreak
Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the overall fatality rate of severe and critical patients with COVID-19 is high and the effective therapy is limited.