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cord-260822-4bselbkq	Lotz, Christopher	Unconventional approaches to mechanical ventilation—step-by-step through the COVID-19 crisis	2020-05-18		.txt	text/plain	1189	80	47	Unconventional approaches to mechanical ventilation-step-by-step through the COVID-19 crisis Christopher Lotz , Quirin Notz, Peter Kranke, Markus Kredel and Patrick Meybohm * Health care systems around the world face extreme challenges during the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. ICU ventilators provide the highest performance, fast responding efficient triggering mechanisms, and often a plethora of different ventilation modes to best suit the individual patient. There is also a case study reporting a oneventilator technique during air medical transport of twin newborns [5] and an article that pressure controlled ventilation was simultaneously achieved in two healthy volunteers via mask ventilation [6] . It is of further importance to emphasize that in case of ICU ventilator shortage, the allocation of the ventilators to each patient requires triage. In case of ICU ventilator shortage, this resource can and should be primarily used with a clear conscience in ARDS patients (Fig. 1) . Use of a single ventilator to support 4 patients: laboratory evaluation of a limited concept	./cache/cord-260822-4bselbkq.txt	./txt/cord-260822-4bselbkq.txt