INTUBATION VERSUS VENTILATOR-SPARING OXYGEN SUPPORT IN COVID-19 ARDS: A MULTICENTER ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT

B Introduction/Hypothesis: b Clinical practice has evolved from early intubation for COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to preferential trialing of ventilator-sparing oxygen support. These data support trialing non-invasive oxygen support in most COVID-19 patients with ARDS and proceeding to intubation when clinically necessary. B Conclusions: b After rigorous accounting for time-varying confounding by severity-of-illness, intubation was associated with a similar risk of mortality as ventilator-sparing oxygen support in COVID-19 patients with ARDS. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)