The Pressure Paradox: Abdominal Compression to Detect Lung Hyperinflation in COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Dekel Stavi; Alberto Goffi; Mufid Al Shalabi; Thomas Piraino; Lu Chen; Robert Jackson; Laurent Brochard

doi:10.1164/rccm.202104-1062IM

The Pressure Paradox: Abdominal Compression to Detect Lung Hyperinflation in COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Jan 15;205(2):245-247. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202104-1062IM.

Authors

Dekel Stavi^{1

2

3

4}, Alberto Goffi^{1

5

3

6}, Mufid Al Shalabi^{3

7}, Thomas Piraino^{1

3

8}, Lu Chen^{1

6}, Robert Jackson⁵, Laurent Brochard^{1

5

3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and.
² University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Critical Care Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom; and.
⁸ Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / physiopathology
Decompression / methods*
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
SARS-CoV-2
Treatment Outcome