Conservative management of COVID-19 associated hypoxaemia. Issue 2 (21st June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Supady, Alexander; Lepper, Philipp M.; Bracht, Hendrik; Moerer, Onnen; Muellenbach, Ralf M.; Michels, Guido; Fiedler, Mascha O.; Kalenka, Armin; Kochanek, Matthias; Mutlak, Haitham; Danziger, Guy; Muenz, Sebastian; Lunz, Dirk; Hoersch, Sabrina; Staudacher, Dawid; Wengenmayer, Tobias; Zotzmann, Viviane
• Is Part Of: ERJ open research. Volume 7:Issue 2(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-06-21
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; Respiration; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Treatment; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Electronic journals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodical; 616.2005
• DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00204-2021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2312-0541

Abstract

With great interest we read the article by Voshaar et al . [1] reporting data from a retrospective analysis of 78 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients treated with or without invasive mechanical ventilation. The authors conclude that avoiding invasive mechanical ventilation by allowing permissive hypoxaemia was superior to current treatment standards and guidelines. Overall mortality in this cohort was 7.7% (six out of 78), but 50% (four out of eight) of the patients supported with invasive mechanical ventilation eventually died [1]. This correspondence argues that data presented previously cannot justify a novel approach for treating hypoxic patients with severe #COVID19 https://bit.ly/3dLaPlk