Background The reported high mortality of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has given
rise to a debate over whether patients with this disease are being intubated too soon and …

Despite the existing evidence of superiority of invasive over non-invasive mechanical
ventilation in patients with moderate-tosevere ARDS, there is a marked variability in using …

Rationale: Treatment with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
is frequent. Shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds led clinicians to deliver NIV also …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously challenged worldwide healthcare
systems and limited intensive care facilities, leading to physicians considering the use of …

The efficacy of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in acute respiratory failure secondary to SARS-
CoV-2 infection remains controversial. Current literature mainly examined efficacy, safety …

Background The role of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in severe COVID-19 remains a matter
of debate. Therefore, the utilization and outcome of NIV in COVID-19 in an unbiased cohort …

ABSTRACT Introduction Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has presented health-care systems worldwide with novel challenges and experiences and …

The recently diagnosed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), in December 2019 commonly affects …

(COVID-19) pandemic in the popular press has focused on invasive (via endotracheal tube
or tracheostomy) ventilation of severely sick patients and potential ventilator shortages. Amid …

Background COVID 19 is the most recent cause of Adult respiratory distress syndrome
ARDS. Invasive mechanical ventilation IMV can support gas exchange in patients failing non …