PROTOCOLIZED CARE FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME: BEFORE AND DURING THE PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT

Of those 189 patients were non COVID-19 related ARF and 141 met the criteria for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), 64 patients had ARF due to COVID-19, of which 63 patients met criteria for ARDS. B Conclusions: b Patients with ARF and ARDS received ECMO consultation later in the disease course and the use of salvage therapies was more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the non-COVID-19 ARF group 30% patients were extubated versus 3.1% patients (p=0.001) in the COVID-19 ARF group, and 32 % patients received tracheostomy versus 47% patients received tracheostomy (p=0.04) in the COVID-19 ARF group. [Extracted from the article]