Core warming of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients undergoing mechanical ventilation-A protocol for a randomized controlled pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, is spreading rapidly across the globe, with little proven effective therapy. Fever is seen in most cases of COVID-19, at least at the initial stages of illness. Although fever is typically treated (with antipyretics or directly with ice or other mechanical means), increasing data suggest that fever is a protective adaptive response that facilitates recovery from infectious illness.

Objective

To describe a randomized controlled pilot study of core warming patients with COVID-19 undergoing mechanical ventilation.

Methods

This prospective single-site randomized controlled pilot study will enroll 20 patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure due to COVID-19. Patients wi

SUBMITTER: Bonfanti N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7707531 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature