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ReviewPaediatric respiratory reviews2020

COVID-19 and respiratory support devices.

Marti Pons-Òdena, Arnau Valls, Jordi Grifols, Ramon Farré, Francisco José Cambra Lasosa, Bruce K Rubin

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Review in Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. COVID-19 changed times shaping the future.Paediatric respiratory reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marti Pons-ÒdenaPediatric Intensive Care and Intermediate Care Department, Sant Joan de Déu University Hospital, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain; Immune and Respiratory Dysfunction Research Group, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39-57, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. Electronic address: mpons@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org.
Arnau VallsInnovation Department. Sant Joan de Déu University Hospital, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.
Jordi GrifolsComparative Medicine and Bioimage Centre of Catalonia (CMCIB), Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP). Carretera de Can Ruti, Camí del Tanatori, s/n 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Ramon FarréUnitat de Biofísica i Bioenginyeria, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.
Francisco José Cambra LasosaPediatric Intensive Care and Intermediate Care Department, Sant Joan de Déu University Hospital, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain; Immune and Respiratory Dysfunction Research Group, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Santa Rosa 39-57, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.
Bruce K RubinVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Physician in Chief, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Virginia Eminent Scholar, 1000 East Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are significant logistical challenges to providing respiratory support devices, beyond simple oxygen flow, when centres run out of supplies or do not have these devices at all, such as in low resource settings. At the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, it was extremely difficult to import medical equipment and supplies, because most countries prohibited the medical industry from selling outside of their own countries. As a consequence, engineering teams worldwide volunteered to develop emergency devices, and medical experts in mechanical ventilation helped to guide the design and evaluation of prototypes. Although regulations vary among countries, given the emergency situation, some Regulatory Agencies facilitated expedited procedures. However, laboratory and animal model testing are crucial to minimize the potential risk for patients when treated with a device that may worsen clinical outcome if poorly designed or misused.

Indexed as

Medical Device LegislationBetacoronavirusContinuous Positive Airway PressureCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Device ApprovalEducation, Professional, RetrainingEquipment and SuppliesEquipment DesignHumansNoninvasive VentilationPandemicsPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingPneumonia, ViralRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory Distress SyndromeAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS]Bilevel positive airway pressureContinuous positive airways pressure [CPAP]Mechanical ventilatorRespiratory failure

Identifiers

PMID32690356
PMCPMC7305725

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