Coronavirus: pulmonary involvement and resuscitation

A nurse pushes an artificial respiration device at the Saint-Jean hospital in Brussels in Belgium, March 20, 2020. REUTERS / Yves Herman

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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