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ArticleAfrican journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence2020

Successful use of an improvised bubble CPAP device for severe respiratory distress caused by pulmonary tuberculosis.

Tabitha Nadishani Meyer, Gareth Dudley Meyer, Hans Jurgen Hendriks

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Article in African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tabitha Nadishani MeyerZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli, South Africa.
Gareth Dudley MeyerZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli, South Africa.
Hans Jurgen HendriksZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli, South Africa.
Zithulele Hospital · ZAWalter Sisulu University · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis case report discusses the successful use of an improvised bubble continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) apparatus made using items commonly available in a poorly resourced district hospital. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old female with no co-morbidities presented with respiratory failure due to pulmonary tuberculosis and was not accepted into the regional Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on referral. She required 8 days of improvised bubble CPAP to maintain adequate oxygen saturation before weaning and eventual discharge. DISCUSSION: Improvised bubble CPAP is commonly used in neonatal care in developing countries and well described in literature however, there are no reports of its successful use in adult patients. In the absence of access to ICU or other Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) equipment, improvised bubble CPAP may provide some therapeutic benefit.

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CPAPLow resource settingNon-invasive ventilationRespiratory distressSevere pneumonia

Identifiers

PMID33299765
PMCPMC7700964
OpenAlexW3041388580

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