RT Journal Article SR Electronic 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 FD British Thoracic Society SP e000639 DO 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000639 VO 7 IS 1 A1 Rebecca Nightingale A1 Nneka Nwosu A1 Farheen Kutubudin A1 Tom Fletcher A1 Joe Lewis A1 Frederick Frost A1 Kathryn Haigh A1 Ryan Robinson A1 Ayesha Kumar A1 Gareth Jones A1 Deborah Brown A1 Michael Abouyannis A1 Mike Beadsworth A1 Peter Hampshire A1 Stephen Aston A1 Manish Gautam A1 Hassan Burhan YR 2020 UL http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000639.abstract AB 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.