Protracted viral shedding and viral load are associated with ICU mortality in Covid-19 patients with acute respiratory failure.
L BitkerF DhelftL ChauvelotE FrobertL FollietM MezidiS Trouillet-AssantA BelotB LinaF WalletJean-Christophe RichardPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2020)
Viral load in respiratory samples is significantly lower and viral shedding significantly shorter in ICU survivors of COVID-19 associated acute respiratory failure. Protracted viral shedding is unrelated to occurrence of fibrosis on lung CT.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- sars cov
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- coronavirus disease
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- risk assessment
- computed tomography
- cardiovascular events
- young adults
- type diabetes
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- dual energy
- drug induced