Association of chest computed tomography severity score at ICU admission and respiratory outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Objective: To evaluate the association of a validated chest computed tomography (Chest-CT) severity score in COVID-19 patients with their respiratory outcome in the Intensive Care Unit.

Methods: A single-center, prospective study evaluated patients with positive RT-PCR for COVID-19, who underwent Chest-CT and had a final COVID-19 clinical diagnosis needing invasive mechanical ventilation in the ICU. The admission chest-CT was evaluated according to a validated Chest-CT Severity Score in COVID-19 (Chest-CTSS) divided into low ≤50% (<14 points) and >50% high (≥14 points) lung parenchyma involvement.

Effect of restrictive cumulative fluid balance on 28-day survival in invasively ventilated patients with moderate to severe ARDS due to COVID-19.

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two restrictive cumulative fluid balance (CFB) trends on survival and on major clinical outcomes in invasively ventilated patients with moderate to severe respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to SARS-CoV-2. Prospective data collection was conducted on patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) originating from a tertiary university hospital. The primary outcomes were the risk association between the CFB trend during D to D and 28-day survival.

Increasing the detection distance of remote NMR using wireless inductive coupling coil.

Unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance (UNMR) spectrometers have been applied in a variety of fields such as petrochemistry, materials science, and process control . In UNMR measurements the sample is placed outside of the UNMR sensor and the signal intensity is reduced almost exponentially as the sample-to-sensor distances increases. To expand the detection limits of remote UNMR sensors, wireless inductive coupling was proposed and tested.