Bedside monitoring of lung perfusion by electrical impedance tomography in the time of COVID-19

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Nov;125(5):e434-e436. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Respiratory Care Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Respiratory Care Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: lberra@mgh.harvard.edu.

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Keywords: COVID-19; electrical impedance tomography; lung perfusion; mechanical ventilation; pulmonary embolism; ventilation/perfusion matching.

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