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SUBMITTER: Masi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7407421 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of intensive care 20200806 1
Hypoxemia is the main feature of COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (C-ARDS), but its underlying mechanisms are debated, especially in patients with low respiratory system elastance (Ers). We assessed 60 critically ill patients hospitalized in our intensive care unit for C-ARDS. We used contrast transthoracic echocardiography to assess patent foramen ovale (PFO) shunt and transpulmonary bubble transit (TPBT). The median Ers was 32 cmH<sub>2</sub>O/L. PFO shunt was detected in s ...[more]