Lung Recruitability in COVID-19-associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Single-Center Observational Study

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 201; no. 10; pp. 1294 - 1297
• Main Authors: Pan, Chun, Chen, Lu, Lu, Cong, Zhang, Wei, Xia, Jia-An, Sklar, Michael C, Du, Bin, Brochard, Laurent, Qiu, Haibo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Thoracic Society 15-05-2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Correspondence; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Lung - physiopathology; Lung diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Observational studies; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Public health; Respiration, Artificial; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - physiopathology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - virology; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2
• ISSN: 1073-449X; 1535-4970
• DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0527le

Pan et al discuss their single-center observational study on lung recruitability in COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. COVID-19 outbreak was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization on January 30, 2020. A majority of critically ill patients who were admitted to an ICU with a confirmed infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 developed acute respiratory distress syndrome. The results revealed that ung recruitability can be assessed at the bedside even in a very constrained environment and was low in our patients with COVID-19-nduced ARDS.