Respiratory Parameters in Patients With COVID-19 After Using Noninvasive Ventilation in the Prone Position Outside the Intensive Care Unit

JAMA. 2020 Jun 9;323(22):2338-2340. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.7861.

Abstract

This study measured respiratory parameters of 15 non-ICU patients before, during, and after receiving noninvasive ventilation in the prone position.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Noninvasive Ventilation*
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Pandemics
  • Patients' Rooms
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
  • Prone Position*
  • Respiratory Rate
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Oxygen