COVID-19 and acute respiratory failure treated with CPAP

Introduction: Patients admitted with COVID-19 often have severe hypoxemic respiratory insufficiency and it can be difficult to maintain adequate oxygenation with oxygen supplementation alone. There is a physiological rationale for the use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), and CPAP could...

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Main Authors: Linette Marie Kofod, Klaus Nielsen Jeschke, Morten Tange Kristensen, Rikke Krogh-Madsen, Carsten Monefeldt Albek, Ejvind Frausing Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:European Clinical Respiratory Journal
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2021.1910191