P-SILI is not justification for intubation of COVID-19 patients

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, 60141, USA. mtobin2@lumc.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, 60141, USA.

Martin J Tobin et al. Ann Intensive Care. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 3;10(1):105.

doi: 10.1186/s13613-020-00724-1.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, 60141, USA. mtobin2@lumc.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL, 60141, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

MJT receives royalties for two books on critical care published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York.

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