Open AccessTiming of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality among Patients with Severe COVID-19-associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Author(s) -
Kapil Zirpe,
Anand M Tiwari,
Sushma Gurav,
Abhijit Deshmukh,
Prasad Suryawanshi,
Prajkta P Wankhede,
Upendrakumar S Kapse,
Abhaya P Bhoyar,
Afroz Z Khan,
Ria Malhotra,
Pranoti H Kusalkar,
Kaustubh J Chavan,
Shailesh Naik,
Rahul B Bhalke,
Ninad N Bhosale,
Sonika V. Makhija,
Venkata N Kuchimanchi,
Amol Jadhav,
Kedar R Deshmukh,
Gaurav S Kulkarni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23816
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , interquartile range , intensive care unit , ards , intubation , emergency medicine , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , intensive care , respiratory distress , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , lung
Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) (CARDS) pneumonitis presents a clinical challenge as regards to the timing of intubation and ambiguity of outcome. There is a lack of clear consensus on when to switch patients from trials of noninvasive therapies to invasive mechanical ventilation. We investigated the effect of the timing of intubation from the time of admission on the clinical outcome of CARDS.