Noninvasive strategies in COVID-19: epistemology, randomised trials, guidelines, physiology

Martin J Tobin; Amal Jubran; Franco Laghi

doi:10.1183/13993003.04247-2020

Noninvasive strategies in COVID-19: epistemology, randomised trials, guidelines, physiology

Eur Respir J. 2021 Feb 17;57(2):2004247. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04247-2020. Print 2021 Feb.

Authors

Martin J Tobin¹, Amal Jubran¹, Franco Laghi¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, USA.

Abstract

Two recent ERJ articles demonstrate dramatic benefit with CPAP in COVID-19 patients, highlighting problems with the landmark trial of CPAP (and related guidelines) and illustrating the danger of believing that trials capture the truth of clinical practice https://bit.ly/3pVp78e

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Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Humans
Knowledge
Respiratory Insufficiency*
SARS-CoV-2

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