Almitrine as a non-ventilatory strategy to improve intrapulmonary shunt in COVID-19 patients

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Aug;39(4):467-469. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.05.013. Epub 2020 Jun 4.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Prone position; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Almitrine / administration & dosage*
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / drug therapy*
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxygen
  • Pandemics
  • Partial Pressure
  • Patient Positioning
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Prone Position
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications*
  • Respiratory System Agents / administration & dosage*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Respiratory System Agents
  • Almitrine
  • Oxygen