COVID-19
Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems all over the world. Many countries have formulated guidelines for a scenario in which ICU triage…
The past year will forever be remembered as the year of the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. From the moment the first Dutch patient was…
Abstract Background: COVID-19 is associated with clinical features that closely resemble acute respiratory distress syndrome and causes hypoxic respiratory failure requiring ventilator support. The primary…
Dear editor, With great interest we read the review by Jonkman, de Vries and Heunks, extensively explaining the physiology of respiratory drive in ICU patients,…
Dear editor, Patients with COVID-19 induced respiratory failure are initially treated with lung-protective controlled mechanical ventilation to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury.[1] Adequate timing of the…
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predominantly affects the respiratory system. However, the viral infection has been associated with brain involvement. In the literature multiple routes…
Abstract In this case report, two COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress are presented. In both cases the acute respiratory distress was due to occlusion…
Abstract A 31-year-old male was admitted to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. A persistent altered mental state, with agitation…
Abstract Using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as rescue respiratory support for COVID-19 related ARDS may be seen as a controversial use of scarce and stretched…
‘It is easy to be wise after the event’ (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) A novel zoonotic corona virus hits the Netherlands In December 2019, China…