Early intubation and restrictive fluid management are key in the treatment of patients with moderate-severe COVID-19 pneumonitis

Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 Nov;86(11):1250-1252. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14961-7. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

Authors

Andrea Ballin¹, Daniele Bonvicini², Francesco Vasques^{3

4}, Ottavia Bond¹, Ivo Tiberio¹

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Urgency and Emergency, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Unit of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Urgency and Emergency, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy - daniele.bonvicini@aopd.veneto.it.
³ Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.
⁴ St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

PMID: 32756545
DOI: 10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14961-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / therapy*
Early Medical Intervention
Female
Fluid Therapy*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Intubation, Intratracheal*
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia / therapy*
Pneumonia / virology
Severity of Illness Index