Continuous positive airway pressure to avoid intubation in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a two-period retrospective case-control study

Mathilde Oranger; Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo; Philippine Dacosta-Noble; Claudia Llontop; Antoine Guerder; Valery Trosini-Desert; Morgane Faure; Mathieu Raux; Maxens Decavele; Alexandre Demoule; Capucine Morélot-Panzini; Thomas Similowski

doi:10.1183/13993003.01692-2020

Continuous positive airway pressure to avoid intubation in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a two-period retrospective case-control study

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 13;56(2):2001692. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01692-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Mathilde Oranger^{1

2}, Jésus Gonzalez-Bermejo^{1

3

2}, Philippine Dacosta-Noble¹, Claudia Llontop¹, Antoine Guerder¹, Valery Trosini-Desert¹, Morgane Faure¹, Mathieu Raux^{3

4}, Maxens Decavele¹, Alexandre Demoule^{1

3}, Capucine Morélot-Panzini^{1

3

5}, Thomas Similowski^{6

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie, Médecine Intensive et Réanimation (Département R3S), Paris, France.
² M. Oranger and J. Gonzalez-Bermejo contributed equally and are both first authors.
³ Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique, Paris, France.
⁴ AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département d'Anesthésie et Réanimation, Paris, France.
⁵ C. Morélot-Panzini and T. Similowski contributed equally and are both last authors.
⁶ AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie, Médecine Intensive et Réanimation (Département R3S), Paris, France thomas.similowski@upmc.fr.

Abstract

COVID-19 pneumonia can be life-threatening. Given the unprecedented burden placed on ICU resources by the epidemic, avoiding intubation is a major issue. This study suggests that CPAP can achieve this objective. https://bit.ly/2X4Q8Zj

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Case-Control Studies
China
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2