COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure: what can we learn from aviation medicine?

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Sep;125(3):e280-e281. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.012. Epub 2020 Apr 18.
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Keywords: COVID-19; acute respiratory distress syndrome; aviation medicine; hypocapnia; hypocapnic hypoxia; hypoxaemia; respiratory failure.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aerospace Medicine*
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Oxygen