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Observational Study
. 2020 May 15;201(10):1294-1297.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0527LE.

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

Chun Pan  1   2   3 , Lu Chen  4   5   6 , Cong Lu  4   5   6 , Wei Zhang  7 , Jia-An Xia  3 , Michael C Sklar  4   5   6 , Bin Du  8 , Laurent Brochard  4   5   6 , Haibo Qiu  1   2   3
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Observational Study

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

Chun Pan et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Daily measurements of the recruitment-to-inflation (R/I) ratio for each patient during the observation days. Each patient is indicated by a distinct color. (A) Five patients who did not receive prone positioning. Each triangle denotes a measurement in the supine position. (B) Seven patients who received at least one session of prone positioning. Each upside-down triangle denotes a measurement in the prone position. Notice that each session of prone positioning was maintained for 24 hours. The dashed line represents the cutoff of the R/I ratio for defining lung recruitability (R/I ratio ≥ 0.5 suggests highly recruitable).
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Comment in

  • Early application of prone position for management of Covid-19 patients.
    Golestani-Eraghi M, Mahmoodpoor A. Golestani-Eraghi M, et al. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Nov;66:109917. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109917. Epub 2020 May 26. J Clin Anesth. 2020. PMID: 32473503 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Reply by Pan et al. to Haouzi et al.
    Pan C, Chen L, Lu C, Du B, Brochard L, Qiu H. Pan C, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug 15;202(4):630-631. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-2045LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32579031 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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