TY - JOUR T1 - 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 JF - BMJ Open Respiratory Research JO - BMJ Open Resp Res DO - 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000639 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - e000639 AU - Rebecca Nightingale AU - Nneka Nwosu AU - Farheen Kutubudin AU - Tom Fletcher AU - Joe Lewis AU - Frederick Frost AU - Kathryn Haigh AU - Ryan Robinson AU - Ayesha Kumar AU - Gareth Jones AU - Deborah Brown AU - Michael Abouyannis AU - Mike Beadsworth AU - Peter Hampshire AU - Stephen Aston AU - Manish Gautam AU - Hassan Burhan Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000639.abstract N2 - The aim of this case series is to describe and evaluate our experience of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat type 1 respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19. CPAP was delivered in negative pressure rooms in the newly repurposed infectious disease unit. We report a cohort of 24 patients with type 1 respiratory failure and COVID-19 admitted to the Royal Liverpool Hospital between 1 April and 30 April 2020. Overall, our results were positive; we were able to safely administer CPAP outside the walls of a critical care or high dependency unit environment and over half of patients (58%) avoided mechanical ventilation and a total of 19 out of 24 (79%) have survived and been discharged from our care. ER -