Rethinking the early intubation paradigm of COVID-19: time to change gears?

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Santa Cabrini Hospital, CIUSSS-CEMTL, Montreal, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
³ Departments of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁷ Emergency Department, Mauriziano Ospedale, Torino, Italy.
⁸ Adult Critical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Philippe Rola et al. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;7(2):78-80.

doi: 10.15441/ceem.20.043. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Santa Cabrini Hospital, CIUSSS-CEMTL, Montreal, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
³ Departments of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁷ Emergency Department, Mauriziano Ospedale, Torino, Italy.
⁸ Adult Critical Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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