Dissociation between the clinical course and chest imaging in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A series of five cases

•Radiographic and clinical course can diverge in a number of Covid-19 patients.•Hypoxemia during Covid-19 is not only imputable to lung parenchyma lesions.•Covid-19 induces vascular disorders that may result in an intrapulmonary shunt. Although an RT-PCR test is the “gold standard” tool for diagnosi...

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Published in:	Heart & lung Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 818 - 824
Main Authors:	Basille, Damien, Auquier, Marie-Anne, Andréjak, Claire, Rodenstein, Daniel Oscar, Mahjoub, Yazine, Jounieaux, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2021 Elsevier
Subjects:	Acute respiratory distress syndrome Acute vascular distress syndrome Adult Cardiovascular COVID-19 Critical Care Humans Intensive Care Units Life Sciences Pulmonary/Respiratory Radiology and other imaging Respiration, Artificial Retrospective Studies SARS-CoV-2 Viral infection Acute respiratory distress syndrome Critical care PaO2:FiO2 Viral infection GGO Acute vascular distress syndrome COVID-19 CT RT-PCR AVDS ICU Radiology and other imaging BMI computed tomography body mass index ground glass opacity ratio of the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen intensive care unit reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction PaO 2:FiO 2
ISSN:	0147-9563, 1527-3288, 1527-3288
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