Role of helmet ventilation during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic.
Sci Prog
; 105(2): 368504221092891, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1784977
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization; it has affected millions of people and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia may develop acute hypoxia respiratory failure and require noninvasive respiratory support or invasive respiratory management. Healthcare workers have a high risk of contracting COVID-19 while fitting respiratory devices. Recently, European experts have suggested that the use of helmet continuous positive airway pressure should be the first choice for acute hypoxia respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 because it reduces the spread of the virus in the ambient air. By contrast, in the United States, helmets were restricted for respiratory care before the COVID-19 pandemic until the Food and Drug Administration provided the 'Umbrella Emergency Use Authorization for Ventilators and Ventilator Accessories'. This narrative review provides an evidence-based overview of the use of helmet ventilation for patients with respiratory failure.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Noninvasive Ventilation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Prog
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00368504221092891
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