ABSTRACT
Introduction: The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic is at its peak. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the understanding of nosology has been growing every day. Although large randomized trials are underway, treatment is based on supportive care. Current recommendations are based on the treatment of other viral pneumonias and sepsis. But the course of COVID-19 is very different from them. Aim - analysis of articles on respiratory support for coronavirus infection COVID-19 published in the most authoritative evidence-based sources. Search strategy: the search was carried out in the following databases - PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Embase. The initial number of articles - 325 (including duplicate articles - 188), titles and s of articles - 137 were studied (including 63 articles were excluded for the following reasons - lack of a comparison group, inconsistency of goals and titles of articles). Fully studied articles - 74 (including 39 articles were excluded for the following reasons - the lack of randomization of patients, the presence of methodological errors). The number of articles included in the study is 35.