Advanced respiratory monitoring in COVID-19 patients: use less PEEP!

Lisanne Roesthuis; Maarten van den Berg; Hans van der Hoeven

doi:10.1186/s13054-020-02953-z

Advanced respiratory monitoring in COVID-19 patients: use less PEEP!

Crit Care. 2020 May 15;24(1):230. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02953-z.

Authors

Lisanne Roesthuis¹, Maarten van den Berg², Hans van der Hoeven²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Lisanne.Roesthuis@Radboudumc.nl.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Coronavirus disease 2019; Dead space ventilation; Hyperinflation; Lung compliance; Positive end-expiratory pressure.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Carbon Dioxide / analysis
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Female
Humans
Lung Compliance
Male
Pandemics
Partial Pressure
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Positive-Pressure Respiration*
Prone Position
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Respiratory Mechanics*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Carbon Dioxide