Knowledge translation tools to guide care of non-intubated patients with acute respiratory illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Providing optimal care to patients with acute respiratory illness while preventing hospital transmission of COVID-19 is of paramount importance during the pandemic; the challenge lies in achieving both goals simultaneously. Controversy exists regarding the role of early intubation versus use of non-invasive respiratory support measures to avoid intubation. This review summarizes available evidence and provides a clinical decision algorithm with risk mitigation techniques to guide clinicians in care of the hypoxemic, non-intubated, patient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although aerosolization of droplets may occur with aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMP), including high flow nasal oxygen and non-invasive ventilation, the risk of using these AGMP is outweighed by the benefit in care

SUBMITTER: Leasa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791165 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature