Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Department of Clinical Innovation and Health Promotion, Sacred Heart University Hospital, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Cost Avoided by an Intermediate Respiratory Care Unit during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Author(s): Marina Galdeano Lozano*, Julio César Alfaro Álvarez, Núria Parra Macías, Rosario Salas Campos, Rosa Coll Colell, Jordi Delàs, Sarah Heili Frades, Francesc López Seguí, Josep Enric Boada Port, Josep Maria Montserrat, Antoni Rosell, Jorge Abad Capa and Olga Parra Ordaz
  
  Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of collapse of the health system generated great difficulties. UCRIs allow adequate management of patients with non-invasive respiratory support, which is evident in patients with SARS-VOC-2 pneumonia. Methods: A prospective observational study of patients with COVID 19 admitted to an ICU of a tertiary hospital from February 25 to April 28, 2020 with a staff of 11 beds. Sociodemographic, comorbidities, pharmacological, respiratory support, laboratory and blood gas variables were collected. The overall cost of the unit was analyzed. Results: 991 patients were admitted, 56 to the ICU (of the 81 who needed admission to the critical care unit). Mean age of 65 years (SD 12.8), Barthel index 75 (SD 8.3), Charlson 3.1 (SD 2.2), HTN 27%, COPD 89% and obesity .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2161-105X.2022.12.615

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