The use of dual oxygen concentrator system for mechanical ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic in Sabah, Malaysia

Abstract Sabah in Malaysian Borneo is among the Malaysian states which reported a high number of detected COVID-19 cases during the current pandemic. Due to geographical challenges and limited resources, clinicians developed novel strategies for managing patients. The use of a dual oxygen concentrator system for mechanical ventilation is one of the innovations developed by retrieval team members from the Emergency Department (ED) of the Sabah Women and Children’s Hospital. Due to conditions requiring isolation of patients suspected of or positive for COVID-19, high-risk patients were treated i... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Phee Kheng Cheah
Evelyn Marie Steven
Khai Keam Ng
Muammar Iqbal Hashim
Mohamed Hakimi Abdul Kadir
Nicholas Paul Roder
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: International Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMC
Schlagwörter: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid / RC86-88.9
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-30508956
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-021-00354-9