Personalisation of Therapies in COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Using Electrical Impedance Tomography

Abstract

Each patient suffering from severe coronavirus COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring mechanical ventilation, shows different lung mechanics and disease evolution. Therefore, lung protective strategies should be personalised for the individual patient.

Keywords

• coronavirus infection
• pneumonia
• respiratory distress syndrome
• positive-pressure respiration
• electrical impedance tomography
• prone position sessions