Inzunza-Cervantes G, López CMO, López-López RM, Ornelas-Aguirre JM, Jacobo-Ochoa S, Espinoza-Oviedo J

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

During the COVID-19 pandemic, 15% of hospitalized patients have required mechanical ventilation and because the reorganization of health services at COVID-19 centers, a large percentage of health personnel have assumed new functions in the care of the critical patient; situation that makes evident the need to analyze the different techniques, maneuvers and calculations for an adequate assessment and decision-making. A bibliographic review of the topic was made searching for references in Elsevier, Pubmed, SciELO, Medline, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine using the words mechanical ventilation, COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome, lung protection strategy, airway pressures, pulmonary mechanics, published from 2010 to 2019 in English and Spanish. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mechanical ventilation has been a fundamental procedure in the management of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, becoming indispensable that health personnel who work in COVID-19 areas know and understand the different techniques, maneuvers and calculations used to determine the state of the respiratory system in the ventilated patient and apply treatments accordingly.