Breath-holding as a novel approach to risk stratification in COVID-19.

Ludovico MessineoElisa PergerLuciano CordaSimon A JoostenFrancesco FanfullaLeonardo PedroniPhilip I TerrillCarolina LombardiAndrew WellmanGarun S HamiltonAtul MalhotraGuido VailatiGianfranco ParatiScott A Sands

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)

Breath-holding offers a novel method to identify patients with high risk of respiratory failure in COVID-19. Greater breath-hold induced desaturation (gas exchange deficit) and greater breath-holding tolerance (ventilatory control deficit) may be independent harbingers of progression to severe disease.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
respiratory failure
sars cov
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
drug induced
intensive care unit
endothelial cells