TY - JOUR T1 - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for Moderate to Severe Covid 19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (CARDS) in a Resource limited setting JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00536-2021 SP - 00536-2021 AU - Hoole Anbesan AU - Sahar Qamar AU - Ayesha Khan AU - Mariam Ejaz Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/2021/12/10/23120541.00536-2021.abstract N2 - Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Covid 19 ARDS or CARDS) has challenged the health systems of developed countries, and even more so the health systems of resource poor settings [1]. Within this context Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) has been trialled in as an alternative less resource intensive respiratory support to early Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (IMV) [2] with promising results and now features in some major guidelines [3]. However, there are limited studies from resource poor settings massively impacted by Covid 19. We retrospectively analysed the completed survival outcomes and characteristics for the exclusive use of CPAP for moderate to severe CARDS as defined by Kigali criteria [4] in a cohort of patients admitted to Bach Christian Hospital (BCH) between April and August 2021.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the ERJ Open Research. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJOR online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: The authors have nothing to disclose. ER -