Sandbox:RGul

CoronaVirus

The pandemic began in 2019.

China was the first country to report outbreak.

Following that, it quickly spread worldwide.

The world was not prepared for it.

Everyone faced an unprecendented situation.

Case courtesy of Assoc Prof Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 48697

Treatment=

Prone Positioning The heart and mediastinal structures compress the dependant portion of the lungs due to gravitational forces, requiring higher pressures to recriut the it . The higher pressures can inflict lung injury in the non dependant lung as it is not under the effect of gravity and is readily recruitable. Proning is recommended for 12 hours in ARDS to improve lung recruitment, organize perfusion which can overcome the ventilation perfusion mismatch.