Background: Hospitalized COIVD-19 patients are complex and heterogenous with regards to socio-demographics and comorbidities and many patients are at heightened risk for adverse clinical outcome. Early risk stratification enables clinical decision making for appropriateness and timeliness of interventions. Since the pandemic began, more than 100 models to forecast prognosis for hospitalized patients with COVID 19 [...]

Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is frequently used to treat patients admitted with acute respiratory failure in both the intensive care and progressive care settings. While often perceived to be safer than invasive mechanical ventilation, many pitfalls and technical difficulties can arise when this modality is used in a setting that is less monitored than the [...]