Desarrollo de ventiladores mecánicos en Chile. Crónica de la iniciativa “Un Respiro para Chile”, durante la primera ola de la pandemia COVID-19

• Autores: Guillermo Bugedo, Eduardo Tobar, Leyla Alegría, Vanessa Oviedo, Daniel Arellano, Roque Basoalto, Luis Enberg, Pablo Suárez, Eduardo Bitrán, Steren Chabert, Alejandro Bruhn
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 150, Nº. 7, 2022, págs. 958-965
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Development of mechanical ventilators in Chile. Chronicle of the initiative “Un Respiro para Chile”
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  • At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, in March 2020, a projection indicated that a significant group of patients with pneumonia would require admission to an Intensive Care Unit and connection to a mechanical ventilator. Therefore, a paucity of these devices and other supplies was predicted. The initiative “Un respiro para Chile” brought together many people and institutions, public and private. In the course of three months, it allowed the design and building of several ventilatory assistance devices, which could be used in critically ill patients.