Background Bedside assessment of lung volume in clinical practice is crucial to adapt
ventilation strategy. We compared bedside measures of lung volume by helium multiple …

Background: Effective lung volume (ELV) for gas exchange is a new measure that could be
used as a real-time guide during controlled mechanical ventilation. The authors established …

Objective To examine the effects of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on
extravascular lung water (EVLW), lung tissue, and lung volume. Design and setting …

Background End-expiratory lung volume measurement by the nitrogen washin-washout
technique (EELV WI-WO) may help titrating positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during …

Background: The alveolar volume (VA), determined by single-breath helium dilution, is a
measure for the total lung capacity (TLC) that is very sensitive to ventilatory disturbances. In …

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of end-expiratory lung volume measurement by the modified
nitrogen wash-out/wash-in method (EELV-N2) depends on the precise determination of …

Objective We describe a simplified helium dilution technique to measure end-expiratory lung
volume (EELV) in mechanically ventilated patients. We assessed both its accuracy in …

Background: We hypothesized that in acute lung injury (ALI), the volume of pulmonary tissue
with aqueous density, as determined by spiral computed tomography (CT), is associated …

Background The functional residual capacity (FRC) determines the oxygenating capacity of
the lung and is heavily affected in the clinical context of the acute respiratory distress …

Introduction Lung protective ventilation can decrease post‐operative pulmonary
complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate a capnodynamic method estimating …