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MARCH 17, 2021

Optimal Timing for Ventilation In COVID-19 Patients Remains Moving Target

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A clearer picture is emerging of how and when patients with COVID-19 should receive mechanical ventilation, but practice guidelines remain fluid, critical care specialists said at a virtual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

“We’re sharing with you the best knowledge now but that could change at any moment,” said Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, in