Abrupt Deterioration of COVID-19 Patients and Spreading of SARS COV-2 Virions in the Lungs.

Nenad D FilipovićI SaveljicK HamadaA Tsuda

Published in: Annals of biomedical engineering (2020)

A unique feature of COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia is an abrupt progression to respiratory failure. Our calculation shows that this abrupt deteriorate may be caused by a sudden shift in the spread of virus-laden bioaerosols through the airways to many different regions of the lungs from the initial site of infection.

Keyphrases

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respiratory failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
mechanical ventilation
cystic fibrosis
machine learning
coronavirus disease
acute respiratory distress syndrome
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