Regional ventilation in spontaneously breathing <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 patients during postural maneuvers assessed by electrical impedance tomography

Abstract

Distribution of ventilation and response to lateral positioning is variable and thus unpredictable in spontaneously breathing patients with coronavirus disease 2019. Electrical impedance tomography might add useful information on the immediate reaction to postural maneuvers and should be elucidated further in clinical studies. Therefore, we suggest a customized individualized positioning therapy guided by electrical impedance tomography.