COVID-19: community CPAP and NIV should be stopped unless medically necessary to support life

Thorax. 2020 May;75(5):367. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214890. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Authors

Joseph Barker¹, Oluwatobiloba Oyefeso², David Koeckerling³, Nadeesha Lakmal Mudalige⁴, Daniel Pan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK joseph.barker@nhs.net.
² Department of Primary Care, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
⁴ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

PMID: 32273335
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214890

No abstract available

Keywords: critical care; non-invasive ventilation; viral infection.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aerosols / analysis
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / statistics & numerical data*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Family Health*
Housing
Humans
Hypercapnia / therapy
Life Support Care / statistics & numerical data*
Noninvasive Ventilation / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Residence Characteristics
Risk Assessment
SARS-CoV-2
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / therapy
Time Factors
United Kingdom
Viral Load

Substances

Aerosols