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ArticleCureus2020

Decreased Mortality in Patients With Severe Bronchospasm Associated With SARS-CoV-2: An Alternative to Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.

Rafael Salazar, Alejandro Hallo, Sebastian Vasquez, Steffy Reinthaller, Juan Echeverria

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rafael SalazarEmergency Department, Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez, Quito, ECU.
Alejandro HalloInternal Medicine, Hospital de Especialidad Eugenio Espejo, Quito, ECU.
Sebastian VasquezEmergency Department, Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez, Quito, ECU.
Steffy ReinthallerEmergency Department, Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez, Quito, ECU.
Juan EcheverriaEmergency Department, Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez, Quito, ECU.
Hospital Metropolitano · ECHospital de Especialidades · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of patients with acute episodes of severe bronchospasm needing intubation and ventilatory support has increased rapidly during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although medical consensus upholds the use of ventilatory support in this pathology, its survival benefits remain unclear. To improve the outcomes and survival rates, a bundle of early respiratory therapy with a pharmacological rescue regimen was provided to four patients with bronchospasm secondary to COVID-19. This therapeutic approach successfully delayed the need for invasive mechanical ventilation for 48 hours and decreased the mortality rate in all cases.

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covid-19 managementcovid-19 outbreakinvasive mechanical ventilation

Identifiers

PMID33173630
PMCPMC7645293
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