Clinically applicable approach for predicting mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19.

Journal: British journal of anaesthesia
Published Date: Mar 1, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring mechanical ventilation have high mortality and resource utilisation. The ability to predict which patients may require mechanical ventilation allows increased acuity of care and targeted interventions to potentially mitigate deterioration.

Authors

  • Nicholas J Douville
    From the Department of Anesthesiology.
  • Christopher B Douville
    Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Graciela Mentz
    Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • Michael R Mathis
  • Carlo Pancaro
    Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • Kevin K Tremper
    Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • Milo Engoren
    Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

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