Sameer Jog, Kapil Zirpe, Subhal Dixit, Purushotham Godavarthy, Manasi Shahane, Kayanoosh Kadapatti, Jignesh Shah, Kapil Borawake, Zafer Khan, Urvi Shukla, Ashwini Jahagirdar, Venkatesh Dhat, Pradeep D'costa, Jayant Shelgaonkar, Abhijit Deshmukh, Khalid Khatib, Shirish Prayag
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) or noninvasive ventilator (NIV) can avoid invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ADRS), and the outcome predictors of these modalities. DESIGN: Multicenter retrospective study conducted in 12 ICUs in Pune, India. PATIENTS: Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who had PaO2 /FiO2 ratio <150 and were treated with HFNO and/or NIV...
July 2022: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine