Helmet continuous positive airway pressure and prone positioning: A proposal for an early management of COVID-19 patients

• F. Longhini,
• A. Bruni,
• E. Garofalo,
• P. Navalesi,
• G. Grasselli,
• R. Cosentini,
• G. Foti,
• A. Mattei,
• M. Ippolito,
• G. Accurso,
• F. Vitale,
• A. Cortegiani,
• C. Gregoretti

Affiliations

F. Longhini

Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy; Corresponding author.

A. Bruni

Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

E. Garofalo

Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

P. Navalesi

Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua Hospital, Department of Medicine – DIMED, University of Padua, Italy

G. Grasselli

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy; Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione ed Emergenza-Urgenza, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

R. Cosentini

Emergency Medicine Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XIII, Bergamo, Italy

G. Foti

School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy

A. Mattei

Department of Pneumology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, Turin, Italy

M. Ippolito

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy

G. Accurso

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy

F. Vitale

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy

A. Cortegiani

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy

C. Gregoretti

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), Section of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy