Oesophageal manometry and gas exchange in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

Silvia Coppola; Tommaso Pozzi; Mattia Busana; Francesca Bichi; Virginia Camponetti; Davide Chiumello

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2020.07.045

Oesophageal manometry and gas exchange in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):e437-e438. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.07.045. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Authors

Silvia Coppola¹, Tommaso Pozzi², Mattia Busana³, Francesca Bichi², Virginia Camponetti², Davide Chiumello⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Medical University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo University Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Coordinated Research Center on Respiratory Failure, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: davide.chiumello@unimi.it.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; acute respiratory distress syndrome; hypoxaemic respiratory failure; mechanical ventilation; oesophageal manometry; positive end-expiratory pressure.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
Esophagus / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Manometry / methods*
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Gas Exchange / physiology*
SARS-CoV-2