Lung distribution of gas and blood volume in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a quantitative dual-energy computed tomography study.
Lorenzo BallChiara RobbaJacob HerrmannSarah E GerardYi XinMaura MandelliDenise BattagliniIole BrunettiGiuseppe MinettiSara SeitunGiulio BovioAntonio VenaDaniele Roberto GiacobbeMatteo BassettiPatricia R M RoccoMaurizio CeredaRahim R RiziLucio CastellanNicolò PatronitiPaolo Pelosinull nullPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)
In critically ill patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and oxygenation impairment were associated with loss of aeration and the extent of gas:blood volume mismatch.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- mechanical ventilation
- sars cov
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- positron emission tomography
- image quality
- coronavirus disease
- room temperature
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- carbon dioxide
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- magnetic resonance
- drug induced
- pet ct