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Introduction: COVID-19 also known as the Coronavirus is a contagious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2). Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a life-threatening condition of seriously ill patients, characterized by poor oxygenation, pulmonary infiltrates, and acuity of onset.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determent the association between lung mechanics, outcome and prognosis of ARDS COVID-19 patient.
Methods: This is an analytical retrospective hospital-based study was conducted in AL-Baraha private hospital during the period from November 2020 to February 2021. Total coverage method was used in this study. A number of 50 COVID-19 patients were included in this study. The data were collected from the statistic department and from the ICU records of the COVID-19 patients.
Results: In this study, the mean age of the participants was 70 years (SD=10) and most of the study participants were males (72%). The mean oxygen saturation (SpO2) was 90.3 (SD=5.5), the mean tidal volume in this study was 452.9 ml (SD=99.6), all the participants had a peak pressure of more than 30 cm H2O. In this study, 42 (84%) of the participants had a low lung compliance. The mean duration of endotracheal intubation among the study participants was 9.7 days (SD=6.6). All the study participants in this study were died. This study found no association between the lung compliance and the duration of endotracheal intubation among the study participants (p-value=0.78).
Conclusion: COVID-19 may cause hypoxemic respiratory failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Recent data have shown that ARDS related to COVID-19 shares common pathophysiological and clinical features with ARDS of other causes. This study found no association between the lung compliance and the duration of endotracheal intubation among the study participants. This study also found that there is no statistical association between the gender and lung compliance among the study participants.
