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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome | Research Letter

Simultaneous ventilation of two simulated ARDS patients in COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Danny Epstein, Yoav Hoffman, George Dahoud, Aeyal Raz, Asaf Miller

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic created a shortage of ventilators in many parts of the world. Models predict that the number of patients that will require a ventilator ranges between 1.4 and 31 patients per available ventilator [1]. Given this potential, numerous groups have proposed modification of ventilator circuit to enable using a single ventilator to support multiple patients. Previous works demonstrated the feasibility of this method in models of healthy lungs, animals, and healthy volunteers [2‐4]. In the current study, we used lung models with varying compliances, to investigate whether such simultaneous ventilation is feasible. …

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Title: Simultaneous ventilation of two simulated ARDS patients in COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Danny Epstein
Yoav Hoffman
George Dahoud
Aeyal Raz
Asaf Miller
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02940-4

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