Barotrauma during Noninvasive Respiratory Support in COVID-19 Pneumonia Outside ICU: The Ancillary COVIMIX-2 Study.
Vetrugno LuigiCristian DeanaNadia CastaldoAlberto FantinAlessandro BellettiEmanuela SozioMaria De MartinoMiriam IsolaDiego PalumboFederico LonghiniGianmaria CammarotaSpadaro SavinoSalvatore Maurizio MaggioreFlavio BassiCarlo TasciniVincenzo Patrunonull Covimix-Study GroupPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
COVIMIX-2 showed a low frequency for barotrauma, around 0.3%. The type of NIRS used seems not to increase this risk. Patients with barotrauma were older, with more severe systemic disease, and showed increased mortality.