Background Severity scores in pneumonia and sepsis are being applied to SARS-CoV-2
infection. We aimed to assess whether these severity scores are accurate predictors of early …

… Atena Gogokhia: contributed to the design of the work, collection and analysis of the data,
approval of the final version and agreement to accountability on the accuracy of the paper. …

Introduction Many respiratory clinical trials fail to reach their recruitment target and this problem
exacerbates existing funding issues. Integration of the clinical trial recruitment process …

Importance Helmet noninvasive ventilation has been used in patients with COVID-19 with the
premise that helmet interface is more effective than mask interface in delivering prolonged …

1. Perkins GD, Ji C, Connolly BA, et al; RECOVERY-RS Collaborators. Effect of noninvasive
respiratory strategies on intubation or mortality among patients with acute hypoxemic …

Importance In patients who require mechanical ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory
failure, further reduction in tidal volumes, compared with conventional low tidal volume …

Noninvasive respiratory support is an essential component of critical care. Both noninvasive
ventilation, with its different interface types and modes (including helmet and face masks), …

Importance High-flow nasal oxygen is recommended as initial treatment for acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure and is widely applied in patients with COVID-19. Objective To assess …

Materials and Methods: Data about 563 hospitalized patients from different wards of a
university hospital, who had participated in the study from March 2017 to June 2019, were …