Abstract

ELIZALDE GONZALEZ, José J. Atypical pneumonia and COVID-19 during the pandemic. Regarding cases successfully managed at home. Med. crít. (Col. Mex. Med. Crít.) [online]. 2020, vol.34, n.1, pp.78-82.  Epub June 20, 2022. ISSN 2448-8909.  https://doi.org/10.35366/93284.

A new virus emerged at the end of last year in Wuhan, China, causing a huge pandemic that has spread across the planet, taking thousands of human lives. Its severe form, pneumonia, can meet ARDS criteria and is associated with high mortality. A possible overuse of mechanical ventilators is discussed due to a not entirely appropriate selection of cases in hospitals in the context of a new condition with a poorly understood pathophysiology and a high possibility of ventilator-associated lung injury, as well as its eventual home management in well selected cases. In times of pandemic, admission to the ICU must be strictly sensible and reasoned.

Keywords : Atypical pneumonia; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; viral pneumonia; mechanical ventilation; outpatient management.

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