The COVID-19 pandemic: the effect on airway Management in non-COVID emergency patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare providers might have avoided droplet/aerosol-generating procedures, such as non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) due to the concern of themselves being infected. We hypothesized that this change of practice could have also occurred to other non-COVID-infected patients in the Emergency Department (ED).

Methods

A retrospective analytic study was conducted in the ED of Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, including adult patients presenting with signs and symptoms of respiratory distress between 1 March and 30 April 2020 (the COVID period). A comparison group using the same inclusion criteria was retrieved from 1 March to 30 April 2019 (the pre-COVID period). The primary outcome was rate of NIV and

SUBMITTER: Ruangsomboon O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8397873 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature