Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19
# Background The shortage of mechanical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic led doctors to use alternative noninvasive ventilation systems, including a modified snorkel mask. Data on the use of the modified snorkel mask is limited. # Purpose The study aims to describe the effect and clinical...
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2023-07-01
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| author | Raul Montalvo Eyner Castro Janet Rojas Carlos Camargo Carina Ninahuanca |
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| description | # Background
The shortage of mechanical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic led doctors to use alternative noninvasive ventilation systems, including a modified snorkel mask. Data on the use of the modified snorkel mask is limited.
# Purpose
The study aims to describe the effect and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 treated with a snorkel mask and to investigate the factors associated with the failure to use noninvasive ventilation with a snorkel mask.
# Methods
In this retrospective observational study, adult patients with COVID-19 who were treated with a snorkel mask at Daniel Alcides Carrion Hospital of Huancayo-Perú were selected.
# Results
Of the 390 patients included, 158 (20.5%) received noninvasive ventilation with a snorkel, 84 (53.2%) patients were discharged alive without intubation, and the mortality rate was 22%. In the control group that received standard treatment, 129 patients (55.6%) failed (i.e., deceased or admitted to a mechanical ventilator). The mortality rate was 33.2%. ROX index < 4.8, consolidation-type tomographic pattern, and the presence of complications, such as bacterial pneumonia or thromboembolism, were independently associated with a higher risk of noninvasive ventilation failure with snorkels.
# Conclusions
Using the snorkel system resulted in an absolute mortality reduction of 11%, and recovery increased by 15% compared to the standard treatment system. Therefore, this device can be used as an acceptable alternative in the absence of mechanical ventilators. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f10e6d3af2b34fea88f5beab7496f5142025-02-11T20:30:51ZengCanadian Society of Respiratory TherapistsCanadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy2368-68202023-07-0159Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19Raul MontalvoEyner CastroJanet RojasCarlos CamargoCarina Ninahuanca# Background The shortage of mechanical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic led doctors to use alternative noninvasive ventilation systems, including a modified snorkel mask. Data on the use of the modified snorkel mask is limited. # Purpose The study aims to describe the effect and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 treated with a snorkel mask and to investigate the factors associated with the failure to use noninvasive ventilation with a snorkel mask. # Methods In this retrospective observational study, adult patients with COVID-19 who were treated with a snorkel mask at Daniel Alcides Carrion Hospital of Huancayo-Perú were selected. # Results Of the 390 patients included, 158 (20.5%) received noninvasive ventilation with a snorkel, 84 (53.2%) patients were discharged alive without intubation, and the mortality rate was 22%. In the control group that received standard treatment, 129 patients (55.6%) failed (i.e., deceased or admitted to a mechanical ventilator). The mortality rate was 33.2%. ROX index < 4.8, consolidation-type tomographic pattern, and the presence of complications, such as bacterial pneumonia or thromboembolism, were independently associated with a higher risk of noninvasive ventilation failure with snorkels. # Conclusions Using the snorkel system resulted in an absolute mortality reduction of 11%, and recovery increased by 15% compared to the standard treatment system. Therefore, this device can be used as an acceptable alternative in the absence of mechanical ventilators.https://doi.org/10.29390/001c.83254 |
| spellingShingle | Raul Montalvo Eyner Castro Janet Rojas Carlos Camargo Carina Ninahuanca Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy |
| title | Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 |
| title_full | Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 |
| title_short | Effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 |
| title_sort | effect of the modified snorkel mask as noninvasive ventilatory support in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to covid 19 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.29390/001c.83254 |
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