Rationale Lung volume available for ventilation is markedly decreased during acute
respiratory distress syndrome. Body positioning may contribute to increase lung volume and …

Although medical opinions are gradually converging, there is still no firm consensus
regarding the appropriate ventilatory management of acute lung injury (ARDS). The high …

Low-volume lung injury encompasses local concentration of stresses in the vicinity of
collapsed regions in heterogeneously ventilated lungs. We aimed to study the effects on …

Over the last two decades only three interventions have been shown in randomized clinical
trials to benefit the ventilatory treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have dorsal atelectasis of the
lungs. This is probably caused by several mechanisms: compression on dependent lung …

Purpose Since 1997, we have routinely used prone positioning (PP) in patients who have a
PaO 2/FiO 2 below 100 mmHg after 24–48 h of mechanical ventilation and who are …

Rationale: Spontaneous breathing during mechanical ventilation increases transpulmonary
pressure and Vt, and worsens lung injury. Intuitively, controlling Vt and transpulmonary …

Introduction Prone positioning has been used for many years in patients with acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The initial reason for prone positioning in ARDS …

Prone positioning improves gas exchange in some patients with adult respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS), but the effects of repeated, long-term prone positioning (20 h duration) …

Prone position and positive end-expiratory pressure in acute... : Critical Care Medicine Prone
position and positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome* : Critical …