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UTMB Faculty present at the 2022 American Association for Respiratory Care Congress

Nov 30, 2022, 23:59 PM by UTMB CHPPRR

American Association for Respiratory Care Congress 2022 New Orleans

Title: The Effects of COVID-19 Infection on Resistance, Reactance, and Compliance
Authors: Micheals, Khamron ; Lee, Mi Jung; Tucker, Carole A. ; Al Snih, Soham ; Rojas, José D.

This presentation reviewed the acute effects of Covid-19 infection on pulmonary function in subjects requiring mechanical ventilation and chronically in survivors of who continue to experience dyspnea and fatigue, and summarized the changes in compliance, resistance, and PaO2/FiO2 ratio in subjects who require mechanical ventilation for at least five days (survivors and non-survivors). In addition the presentation summarized the longitudinal changes in spirometry and oscillometry in subjects who continue to complain of dyspnea and fatigue.

Khamron Michales gives lecture from behind a table at the AARC conference.

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