Respiratory mechanics characteristics at the time of barotrauma presentation in patients with critical COVID-19 infection.
Gabriela Vieira SteckertSophia Andreola BorbaGabriela Meirelles MarcheseFabrício Schultz MedeirosTiago Severo GarciaMárcio Manozzo BoniattiIuri Christmann WawrzeniakPublished in: Critical care science (2024)
We investigated the effect of respiratory mechanics on barotrauma in patients with severe COVID-19 and found that 25% of patients were on nonprotective ventilation parameters when they developed barotrauma. However, 50% of patients were on protective ventilation parameters, suggesting that other nonventilatory factors may contribute to barotrauma.