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Covid-19 airway management and ventilation strategy for critically ill older patients / Nicola Vargas, Antonio M. Esquinas, editors.

This book describes the issues and challenges that clinicians encountered in the management of older critically ill patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, and offers practical information on how to manage them. Older adults are more susceptible to complications such as acute respiratory distress syn...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Vargas, Nicola (Editor), Esquinas, Antonio M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Subjects:
COVID-19 (Disease) > Treatment.
Artificial respiration.
Older people > Diseases > Treatment.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I: Epidemiology
  • 1: Mortality and Prognosis of Older Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 1.1 Epidemiological Perspective: A Global View of the Problem
  • 1.2 Why the Elderly Is at Higher Risk? A Pathophysiological View
  • 1.3 Prognosis of the COVID-19 Elderly Patient
  • References
  • 2: Elderly Pneumonia COVID-19 Cases: Impact on the Outcome
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Acute Complications Associated with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Elderly
  • 2.3 Elderly Mortality Rate for COVID-19 Disease
  • 2.4 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 3: Incidence of ARF Due to COVID-19 Interstitial Pneumonia
  • References
  • 4: Changing the Demographics in ICU During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 4.1 Pre-COVID-19 Epidemy Demographic Aspects in ICU
  • 4.2 Demographic Aspects During the COVID-19 Outbreak in ICU
  • 4.3 Comparison between H1N1 and COVID-19 Epidemy
  • 4.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: The Diagnosis of COVID ARF in Elderly
  • 5: Differential Diagnosis of Types of Pneumonia in the Elderly
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Aging of the Respiratory System and the Impact of Pneumonia
  • 5.3 Epidemiology
  • 5.4 Causes.
  • 5.5 Routes of Transmission
  • 5.5.1 Inhalation (Fig. 5.1)
  • 5.5.2 Aspiration (Fig. 5.2)
  • 5.5.3 Hematogenous Spread (Fig. 5.3)
  • 5.5.4 Direct Extension from Adjacent Infected Foci (Fig. 5.4)
  • 5.6 Clinical Presentation
  • 5.7 COVID-19 Pneumonia "Phenotypes"
  • 5.7.1 L-Phenotype
  • 5.7.2 H-Phenotype
  • 5.8 Risk Stratification
  • 5.8.1 CURB-65 (Table 5.3)
  • 5.8.2 Pneumonia Severity Index, Also Known as the PORT Score (Fig. 5.5 and Table 5.4)
  • 5.8.3 IDSA/ATS CAP Criteria
  • 5.8.4 COVID-GRAM Critical Illness Risk Score.
  • 5.8.5 Brescia-COVID Respiratory Severity Scale (BCRSS)/Algorithm
  • 5.9 Imaging
  • 5.10 Laboratory Investigations
  • 5.11 Microbiologic Diagnosis
  • 5.12 Viral Aetiology (Fig. 5.9)
  • 5.13 Viral Pneumoniae Diagnosis: Upper Respiratory Sample Collection
  • 5.13.1 Nasopharyngeal Swab/Oropharyngeal (Throat) Swab (Fig. 5.10)
  • 5.13.2 Nasal Mid-Turbinate (NMT) Swab, Also Called Deep Nasal Swab
  • 5.13.3 Nasopharyngeal Wash/Aspirate or Nasal Wash/Aspirate (Fig. 5.12)
  • 5.13.4 Sputum
  • 5.13.5 Storage
  • References
  • 6: The Diagnosis of COVID ARF in Elderly: The Radiological Findings in Elderly.
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Radiology of the Normal Aging Lung and COVID-19 Disease
  • 6.3 Chest Imaging in Elderly COVID-19 Patients
  • 6.4 Imaging of COVID-19 Pneumonia Complications
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: The Screening and the Access to ICU
  • 7: The Screening and the Access to ICU
  • 7.1 The Recommendations of the Intensive Caring Scientific Societies
  • 7.1.1 The Usual Screening and the Access to ICU
  • 7.1.2 The Guidelines During COVID-19 Epidemy
  • 7.2 Conclusion
  • References.

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