Rapidly scalable mechanical ventilator for the COVID-19 pandemic

Intensive Care Med. 2020 Aug;46(8):1642-1644. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06113-3. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Authors

Albert H Kwon¹, Alexander H Slocum Jr², Dirk Varelmann³, Christoph G S Nabzdyk⁴; MIT E-Vent Team

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. nabzdyk.christoph@mayo.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Equipment Design
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Respiration, Artificial / instrumentation*
Respiration, Artificial / methods
SARS-CoV-2
Ventilators, Mechanical*