Objective: Evaluation of the impact of low-volume, pressure-limited ventilation on the
recovery rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design: Prospective …

Respiratory failure is a common finding in the ICU and in the management of complex cases
in the operating room. Over the last ten years, it has become clear that modes of mechanical …

Objective A low tidal volume can induce alveolar derecruitment in patients with acute lung
injury. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether this resulted mainly from the decrease …

Since its description by Ashbaugh and Petty in 1967, the acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) has been a major research focus in pulmonary and critical care medicine …

Airway pressure release ventilation is a mode of mechanical ventilation that maintains lung
volume to limit intra tidal recruitment/derecruitment and improves gas exchange while …

The prognosis of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has considerably
improved (1, 2). This is the result of more than two decades of basic and clinical research …

Importance Improper mechanical ventilation settings can exacerbate acute lung injury by
causing a secondary ventilator-induced lung injury. It is therefore important to establish the …

Objective: To assess the effects of the association of positive end-expiratory pressure
(PEEP) with different inflation volumes (VT's) on passive lung deflation and alveolar …

Background. e feasibility and safety of a pumpless arteriovenous extracorporeal lung assist
system (pECLA) has been demonstrated in previous studies of patients with severe …

Rationale: The open lung strategy aims at reopening (recruitment) of nonaerated lung areas
in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, avoiding tidal alveolar hyperinflation in …