Ventilation management in acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19 versus ARDS from another origin - a descriptive narrative review

Anissa M Tsonas; Michela Botta; Ary Serpa Neto; Janneke Horn; Frederique Paulus; Marcus J Schultz

doi:10.1080/17476348.2021.1913060

Ventilation management in acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19 versus ARDS from another origin - a descriptive narrative review

Expert Rev Respir Med. 2021 Aug;15(8):1013-1023. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2021.1913060. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

Authors

Anissa M Tsonas¹, Michela Botta¹, Ary Serpa Neto^{1

2

3

4

5}, Janneke Horn^{1

6}, Frederique Paulus^{1

7}, Marcus J Schultz^{1

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location 'AMC', Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Center (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Data Analytics Research and Evaluation (DARE) Centre, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Melbourne Medical School, Department of Critical Care, Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ , ACHIEVE, Centre of Applied Research, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁸ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Abstract

Introduction: It is uncertain whether ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) differs from that in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from another origin.

Areas covered: We undertook two literature searches in PubMed to identify observational studies reporting on ventilation management--one in patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19, and one in patients with ARDS from another origin. The searches identified 14 studies in patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19, and 8 studies in patients with ARDS from another origin.

Expert opinion: In patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19, ventilation management seems to be similar to that of patients with ARDS from another origin. The future lies in studies focused on personalized treatment of ARDS of all origins, including COVID-19.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; acute respiratory failure; coronavirus disease 2019; invasive ventilation; oxygen fraction; peep; prone positioning; tidal volume; ventilation management.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Lung
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Distress Syndrome* / diagnosis
Respiratory Distress Syndrome* / therapy
Respiratory Insufficiency* / diagnosis
Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

This paper was not funded.