Barotrauma in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Undergoing Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There are concerns of a high barotrauma rate in coronavirus disease 2019 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving invasive mechanical ventilation. However, a few studies were published, and reported rates were highly variable. We performed a systematic literature review to identify rates of barotrauma, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum in coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.

Data source

PubMed and Scopus were searched for studies reporting barotrauma event rate in adult coronavirus disease 2019 patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.

Study selection

We included all studies investigating adult patients with coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory di

SUBMITTER: Belletti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8855757 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature