On Happy Hypoxia and on Sadly Ignored “Acute Vascular Distress Syndrome” in Patients with COVID-19
V. Jounieaux, Daniel Rodenstein, Yazine Mahjoub
Abstract
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Tobin and colleagues (1) on the issue of silent hypoxemia, which is also known as happy hypoxia, and found it to be a nice review of physiologic mechanisms of dyspnea. The authors refer to the definitions and mechanisms of dyspnea in relation to blood gases, pulmonary insults, age, and disease. They also discuss the definitions and effects of hypoxia, the inaccuracies of pulse saturation, and the properties of the oxygen dissociation curve as well as the mechanisms of hypoxemia in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). [...]
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Hypoxia (environmental)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakAcute respiratory distressSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Intensive care medicinePandemicDistressCoronavirus InfectionsCardiologyInternal medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)LungOutbreakDiseaseOxygenOrganic chemistryClinical psychologyChemistryLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Thermal Regulation in MedicineCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies