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The causes of hypoxemia of COVID-19 ARDS: a combined MIGET and Dual-Energy CT study.

Mattia BusanaAnna RauStefano LazzariSimone GattarelloMassimo CressoniLorenz BiggemannLars-Olav HarnischLorenzo GiosaAndreas VogtLeif SaagerJoachim LotzBirgit MellerKonrad MeissnerLuciano GattinoniOnnen Moerer
Published in: Anesthesiology (2023)
These data support the hypothesis of a highly multifactorial genesis of hypoxemia. Evidence from autoptic studies (i.e., opening of Intrapulmonary Bronchopulmonary Anastomosis) may explain the unexpected post-pulmonary shunting. The hyperperfusion might be related to the disease severity.
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