Coronavirus: pulmonary involvement and resuscitation
By: Caroline Paré Follow
Patients hospitalized in intensive care after contracting covid-19 have serious pulmonary complications that require oxygenation and even often, resuscitation and respiratory assistance.
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How does the coronavirus work in the lungs? Why are some patients more vulnerable to these lung damage? What is resuscitation? How do caregivers work?
· Pr Chantal Raherison, pulmonologist in the respiratory diseases department, Cardio-thoracic pole at the CHU of Bordeaux and president of the French-speaking pneumology society.
· Dr Martin Dres , resuscitator, Department of Pulmonology, Intensive resuscitation medicine at the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
· Nicolas Hostellet , nurse in intensive medicine and resuscitation at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris.
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