Is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) a new standard of care for type 1 respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients? A retrospective observational study of a dedicated COVID-19 CPAP service

Rebecca Nightingale; Nneka Nwosu; Farheen Kutubudin; Tom Fletcher; Joe Lewis; Frederick Frost; Kathryn Haigh; Ryan Robinson; Ayesha Kumar; Gareth Jones; Deborah Brown; Michael Abouyannis; Mike Beadsworth; Peter Hampshire; Stephen Aston; Manish Gautam; Hassan Burhan

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000639

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Is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) a new standard of care for type 1 respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients? A retrospective observational study of a dedicated COVID-19 CPAP service

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Rebecca Nightingale Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nneka Nwosu Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Farheen Kutubudin Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tom Fletcher Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joe Lewis Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UKInstitute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frederick Frost Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UKInstitute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn Haigh Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ryan Robinson Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ayesha Kumar Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gareth Jones Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Deborah Brown Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Abouyannis Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UKInstitute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mike Beadsworth Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Hampshire Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Aston Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UKInstitute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Manish Gautam Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hassan Burhan Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Mrs Rebecca Nightingale; rebecca.nightingale{at}lstmed.ac.uk

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Nightingale R, Nwosu N, Kutubudin F, et al

Is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) a new standard of care for type 1 respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients? A retrospective observational study of a dedicated COVID-19 CPAP service

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2020;7:e000639. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000639

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Received May 15, 2020
Revised June 18, 2020
Accepted June 23, 2020
First published July 5, 2020.

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July 05, 2020

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