Longitudinal ventilatory ratio monitoring for COVID-19: its potential in predicting severity and assessing treatment response

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Parasitology, Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
• ² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka City Hospital Organization, 2-13-22 Miyakojima-hondori Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
• ³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka City Hospital Organization, 2-13-22 Miyakojima-hondori Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital, 6-1 Kishibe-Shimmachi, Suita, Osaka, 564-8565, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Parasitology, Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan. kido.yasutoshi@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp.