Impaired systemic oxygen extraction long after mild COVID-19: potential perioperative implications

Br J Anaesth. 2022 Mar;128(3):e246-e249. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.12.036. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Authors

Paul M Heerdt¹, Ben Shelley², Inderjit Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Applied Hemodynamics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: paul.heerdt@yale.edu.
² Golden Jubilee National Hospital/West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, University of Glasgow Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; exercise intolerance; hypoxaemia; long COVID-19; oxygen delivery; oxygen extraction.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
COVID-19 / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oxygen / metabolism*
Oxygen Consumption
Perioperative Care
Young Adult

Substances

Oxygen

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States