One ventilator for two patients: feasibility and considerations of a last resort solution in case of equipment shortage

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
• ² Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.
• ³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy.
• ⁴ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Ascension St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
• ⁶ Covid-19 Commissioner, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Respiratory and Critical Care Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy m.ranieri@unibo.it.