COVID — ICU / post-intubation deterioration

HIGH-YIELD Appears 5×

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TIME COURSE discriminates: new bilateral infiltrates ~1 day after COVID dx -> viral pneumonitis. Deterioration + fever + hypotension after >=48 h of ventilation -> ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Sudden hypoxia + haemodynamic change +/- normal CXR -> consider PE.

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