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 outside ICUs. Data about the use of NIV in COVID-19 is limited. Objectives: To describe the prevalence and clinical characteristics of patientswith COVID-19 treated with NIVoutside the ICUs. To investigate the factors associated with NIV failure (need for intubation or death). Methods: In this prospective, single-day observational study, we enrolled adult patients with COVID-19 who were treated with NIV outside the ICU from 31 hospitals in Lombardy, Italy. Results: We collected data on demographic and clinical characteristics, ventilatorymanagement, and patient outcomes.Of 8,753 patients with COVID-19 present in the hospitals on the study day, 909 (10%) were receiving NIV outside the ICU. A majority of patients (778/909; 85%) patients were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which was delivered by helmet in 617 (68%) patients. NIV failed in 300 patients (37.6%), whereas 498 (62.4%) patients were discharged alive without intubation. Overall mortality was 25%. NIV failure occurred in 152/284 (53%) patients with an arterial oxygen pressure (PaO2)/fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) ratio ,150 mm Hg. Higher C-reactive protein and lower PaO2/FIO2 and platelet counts were independently associated with increased risk of NIV failure. Conclusions: The use of NIV outside the ICUs was common in COVID-19, with a predominant use of helmet CPAP, with a rate of success.60% and close to 75% in full-treatment patients. C-reactive protein, PaO2/FIO2, and platelet counts were independently associated with increased risk of NIV failure.

Bellani, G., Grasselli, G., Cecconi, M., Antolini, L., Borelli, M., De Giacomi, F., et al. (2021). Noninvasive Ventilatory Support of COVID-19 Patients Outside the Intensive Care Units (WARd-COVID). ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, 18(6 (June 2021)), 1020-1026 [10.1513/AnnalsATS.202008-1080OC].

Noninvasive Ventilatory Support of COVID-19 Patients Outside the Intensive Care Units (WARd-COVID)

Bellani, Giacomo;Antolini, Laura;Citerio, Giuseppe;Lorini, Ferdinando Luca;Rezoagli, Emanuele;Vitale, Giovanni;Magliocca, Aurora;Rossi, Emanuela;Valsecchi, Maria Grazia;Foti, Giuseppe
2021

Abstract

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 outside ICUs. Data about the use of NIV in COVID-19 is limited. Objectives: To describe the prevalence and clinical characteristics of patientswith COVID-19 treated with NIVoutside the ICUs. To investigate the factors associated with NIV failure (need for intubation or death). Methods: In this prospective, single-day observational study, we enrolled adult patients with COVID-19 who were treated with NIV outside the ICU from 31 hospitals in Lombardy, Italy. Results: We collected data on demographic and clinical characteristics, ventilatorymanagement, and patient outcomes.Of 8,753 patients with COVID-19 present in the hospitals on the study day, 909 (10%) were receiving NIV outside the ICU. A majority of patients (778/909; 85%) patients were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which was delivered by helmet in 617 (68%) patients. NIV failed in 300 patients (37.6%), whereas 498 (62.4%) patients were discharged alive without intubation. Overall mortality was 25%. NIV failure occurred in 152/284 (53%) patients with an arterial oxygen pressure (PaO2)/fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) ratio ,150 mm Hg. Higher C-reactive protein and lower PaO2/FIO2 and platelet counts were independently associated with increased risk of NIV failure. Conclusions: The use of NIV outside the ICUs was common in COVID-19, with a predominant use of helmet CPAP, with a rate of success.60% and close to 75% in full-treatment patients. C-reactive protein, PaO2/FIO2, and platelet counts were independently associated with increased risk of NIV failure.
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; Noninvasive ventilatory support;
English
4-gen-2021
2021
18
6 (June 2021)
1020
1026
none
Bellani, G., Grasselli, G., Cecconi, M., Antolini, L., Borelli, M., De Giacomi, F., et al. (2021). Noninvasive Ventilatory Support of COVID-19 Patients Outside the Intensive Care Units (WARd-COVID). ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, 18(6 (June 2021)), 1020-1026 [10.1513/AnnalsATS.202008-1080OC].
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