Oxygen provision to severely ill COVID-19 patients at the peak of the 2020 pandemic in a Swedish district hospital.

ABSTRACT: Oxygen is a low-cost and life-saving therapy for patients with COVID-19. Yet, it is a limited resource in many hospitals in low income countries and in the 2020 pandemic even hospitals in richer countries reported oxygen shortages. An accurate understanding of oxygen requirements is needed for capacity planning. The World Health Organization estimates the average flow-rate of oxygen to severe COVID-19-patients to be 10 l/min. However, there is a lack of empirical data about the oxygen provision to patients. This study aimed to estimate the oxygen provision to COVID-19 patients with severe disease in a Swedish district hospital. A retrospective, medical records-based cohort study was conducted in March to May 2020 in a Swedish district hospital. All adult patients with severe COVID-19 -thos

SUBMITTER: Hvarfner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8775206 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature