Monitoring respiratory mechanics by oscillometry in COVID-19 patients receiving non-invasive respiratory support.
Chiara TorregianiChiara VeneroniPaola ConfalonieriGloria Maria CittonFrancesco SaltonMohamad JaberMarco ConfalonieriRaffaele Lorenzo Dellaca'Published in: PloS one (2022)
Our results suggest that lung mechanics provide complementary information for improving patients phenotyping and personalisation of treatments during NIV in COVID 19 patients, especially in the presence of respiratory comorbidities where deterioration of lung mechanics may be less coupled with changes in oxygenation and more difficult to identify. Oscillometry may provide a valuable tool for monitoring lung mechanics in COVID 19 patients receiving NIV.