Noninvasive respiratory support outside the intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure related to coronavirus-19 disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Noninvasive respiratory support (NIRS) has been diffusely employed outside the intensive care unit (ICU) to face the high request of ventilatory support due to the massive influx of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) caused by coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19). We soug...

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Main Authors: Gianmaria Cammarota, Teresa Esposito, Danila Azzolina, Roberto Cosentini, Francesco Menzella, Stefano Aliberti, Andrea Coppadoro, Giacomo Bellani, Giuseppe Foti, Giacomo Grasselli, Maurizio Cecconi, Antonio Pesenti, Michele Vitacca, Tom Lawton, V. Marco Ranieri, Sandro Luigi Di Domenico, Onofrio Resta, Antonio Gidaro, Antonella Potalivo, Giuseppe Nardi, Claudia Brusasco, Simonetta Tesoro, Paolo Navalesi, Rosanna Vaschetto, Edoardo De Robertis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03697-0