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. 2020 Sep 1;24(1):540.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03242-5.

Positive end-expiratory pressure titration in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: electrical impedance tomography vs. PEEP/FiO2 tables

Nicolò Sella  1 , Francesco Zarantonello  2 , Giulio Andreatta  1 , Veronica Gagliardi  1 , Annalisa Boscolo  2 , Paolo Navalesi  3   4
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Positive end-expiratory pressure titration in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: electrical impedance tomography vs. PEEP/FiO2 tables

Nicolò Sella et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute respiratory failure; COVID-19; Electrical impedance tomography; Mechanical ventilation; Positive end-expiratory pressure.

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Conflict of interest statement

PN received royalties from Intersurgical for Helmet Next invention and speaking fees from Philips, Resmed, MSD, and Novartis.

The other authors have no competing interests to declare.

The experimental software for EIT perfusion assessment was kindly provided by Drӓger Medical, Germany, without any financial supports.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Bland–Altman plot, evaluating the agreement between PEEPEIT and the PEEP values proposed by the higher (a) and lower (b) PEEP/FiO2 tables from the ALVEOLI trial [6]. X-axis: average of paired measurements. Y-axis: difference between paired measurements. The blue line and blue shaded area: bias and 95% confidence interval of the bias between PEEPEIT and the PEEP values suggested by PEEP/FiO2 tables. Red lines: upper and lower limits of agreement between methods
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Spearman correlation between PEEPEIT and FiO2 (R = 0.075, p = 0.789). Continuous line: lower PEEP/FiO2 table. Dashed line: higher PEEP/FiO2 table
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