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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Aug 2020
[COVID-19: how to transform a noninvasive ventilation device in a critical care ventilator].
- G Tusman, M Campos, and E Gogniat.
- Departamento de Anestesia, Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Electronic address: gtusman@hotmail.com.
- Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2020 Aug 1; 67 (7): 367-373.
AbstractCOVID-19 pandemic caused not only many deaths around the world but also made evident technical limitations of hospital and intensive care units (ICU). The growing demand of ICU ventilators in a short lapse of time constitutes one of the main community concerns. The main goal of this communication is to give simple solutions to transform a noninvasive ventilator in an invasive one for intubated patients. The proposal can be applied in two well defined strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic: To replace anesthesia workstations, leaving those machines to be used in patients. To apply this option in COVID-19 patients by way of a therapeutic "bridge", waiting for the release of a ventilator in the ICU.© 2020 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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