Early experience with critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Montreal.
Yiorgos Alexandros CavayasAlexandre NoëlVeronique BrunetteDavid WilliamsonAnne Julie FrenetteChristine ArsenaultPatrick BellemareColin Lagrenade-VerdantSoazig LeGuillanEmilie LevesqueYoan LamarcheMarc GiassonPhilippe RicoYanick BeaulieuPierre MarsolaisKarim SerriFrancis BernardMartin AlbertPublished in: Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (2020)
Characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Montreal were similar to those reported in the existing literature. We found an increased physiologic dead space, supporting the hypothesis that pulmonary vascular injury may be central to COVID-19-induced lung damage.