Clinical outcomes of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients receiving invasive vs. non-invasive ventilation

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Zubia Jamil, Samreen Khalid, Shahid Mumtaz Abbasi, Yasir Waheed, Jamal Ahmed
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
• Subjects: covid-19; sars-cov-2; non-invasive ventilation; respiratory insufficiency; hypoxia; mechanical ventilation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Meier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.312518; https://doaj.org/article/b7d8f2c35a5448b49b3a5ac1bd3a26b4

Objective: To evaluate the in-hospital outcome of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients admitted in High Dependency Unit (HDU) in relation to invasive vs. non-invasive mode of ventilation. Methods: In this study, the patients required either non-invasive [oxygen ≤10 L/min or >10 L/min through mask...