In our COVID-19 Critical Care series we are hitting you with the fundamentals of critical care that you may need when caring for COVID-19 patients.
In this episode we cover non-invasive positive pressure ventilation and continuous positive airway pressure ventilation.
References
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- Nee, P. et.al. (2010). Critical care in the emergency department: acute respiratory failure. Emergency Medicine Journal. PMID: 21112972
- Caples SM, Gay PC. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the intensive care unit: a concise review. Crit Care Med. 2005;33(11):2651–2658.