Electrical Impedance Tomography and Prone Position During Ventilation in COVID-19 Pneumonia: Case Reports and a Brief Literature Review.
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
; 24(4): 287-292, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-760476
ABSTRACT
At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases, with high needs of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. It is still unclear whether different types of COVID-19 pneumonia require different ventilator strategies. With electrical impedance tomography (EIT) we evaluated, in real time and bedside, the distribution of ventilation in the different pulmonary regions before, during, and after pronation in COVID-19 respiratory failure. We present a brief literature review of EIT in non-COVID-19 patients and a report of 2 COVID-19 patients one that did not respond well and another one that improved during and after pronation. EIT might be a useful tool to decide whether prone positioning should or should not be used in COVID-19 pneumonia.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Respiration, Artificial
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Tomography
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Electric Impedance
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Case report
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1089253220958912
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