Helmet continuous positive airway pressure and prone positioning: A proposal for an early management of COVID-19 patients

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: longhini.federico@gmail.com.
² Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua Hospital, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy; Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione ed Emergenza-Urgenza, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Medicine Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy.
⁷ Department of Pneumology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁸ Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy.

F Longhini et al. Pulmonology. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug;26(4):186-191.

doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.04.014. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

¹ Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: longhini.federico@gmail.com.
² Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua Hospital, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy; Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione ed Emergenza-Urgenza, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Medicine Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XIII, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy.
⁷ Department of Pneumology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁸ Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy.

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