Outcomes of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure outside the intensive care unit.
Rosanna VaschettoFrancesco Barone-AdesiFabrizio RaccaClaudio PissaiaCarlo MaestroneDavide ColomboCarlo OlivieriNello De VitaErminio SantangeloLorenza ScottiLuigi CastelloTiziana CenaMartina TavernaLuca GrillenzoniMaria Adele MoschellaGianluca AiroldiSilvio BorrèFrancesco MojoliFrancesco Della CorteMarta BaggianiSara BainoPiero BalboSimona BazzanoValeria BonatoSara CarbonatiFederico CrimaldiVeronica DaffaraLuca De ColMatteo MaestroneMario MalerbaFederica MoroniRaffaella PeruccaMario PirisiValentina RondiDaniela RosalbaLetizia VanniFrancesca VigonePaolo NavalesiGianmaria CammarotaPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
We described a large population of COVID-19 patients treated with CPAP outside ICU. Intubation delay represents a risk factor for mortality. Further investigation is needed for early identification of CPAP failures.