COVID-19–Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Not So Atypical

Lieuwe D. J. Bos

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2020 · 33 citations · 2 references

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Additionally, some degree of "permissive hypoxemia" (4) may also be accepted in patients with type L to avoid ergotrauma, caused during ventilating the compliant lungs.However, other patients, who worsen to type H because of cytokine storm, as the authors have suggested, should be treated as severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, including higher positive end-expiratory pressure, if compatible with hemodynamics, prone positioning, and extracorporeal support.

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