Pathophysiology of hypoxemia in mechanically-ventilated patients with COVID-19 : A computed tomography study

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The pathogenesis of hypoxemia during acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection (C-ARDS) is debated. Some observations led to hypothesize ventilation to perfusion mismatch, rather than anatomical shunt, as the main determinant of hypoxemia. In this observational study 24 C-ARDS patients were studied 1 (0-1) days after intubation. Patients underwent a CT scan analysis to estimate anatomical shunt and a clinical test to measure venous admixture at two fractions of inspired oxygen (FiO2), to eliminate oxygen-responsive mechanisms of hypoxemia (ventilation to perfusion mismatch and diffusion limitation). In 10 out of 24 patients venous admixture was higher than anatomical shunt both at clinical (≈50 %) and 100 % FiO2. These patients were ventilated with a higher PEEP and had lower amount of anatomical shunt compared with patients with venous admixture equal/lower than anatomical shunt. In a subset of C-ARDS patients early after endotracheal intubation, hypoxemia might be explained by an abnormally high perfusion of a relatively low anatomical shunt.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:318

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Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 318(2023) vom: 12. Dez., Seite 104162

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Santini, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Protti, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Pennati, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Pugliese, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Mercalli, Cesare [VerfasserIn]
Aliverti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Cecconi, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Shunt
Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
Ventilation-perfusion ratio

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Date Revised 13.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.resp.2023.104162

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NLM362012164