Easier access to mechanical ventilation worldwide: an urgent need for low income countries, especially in face of the growing COVID-19 crisis
Claude Guérin, Patrick Lévy
Abstract
<b>Combining easy-to-build noninvasive ventilator and open-source hardware description, may allow for adequate availability of ventilators to patients in low- and middle-income countries. This is urgently needed in the growing COVID-19 epidemic.</b>https://bit.ly/3f8ZkUR
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMechanical ventilationFace (sociological concept)Low incomeFace masksIntensive care medicineVirologySocioeconomicsEconomicsPathologyAnesthesiaOutbreakDiseaseSociologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Social scienceRespiratory Support and MechanismsFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders