Organizing pneumonia in covid - [PDF] Post COVID

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The mortality in the critically ill group of patients with COVID-19 is comparable with that of severe ARDS, reaching approximately 40% at day 30 after admission to the intensive care unit ICU.

Clinicians should consider the potential risks and benefits of corticosteroids and use CT as a guide on the different phases of CT patterns in patients with COVID-19.

Approximately 16 days after initiation of mechanical ventilation, lung compliance deteriorated, necessitating the use of higher driving pressure and respiratory rate and ultimately extracorporeal CO 2 removal to limit further ventilator-induced lung injury and to prevent the deleterious effects of respiratory acidosis on distant organs.