As with most medical and pharmacologic interventions, mechanical ventilation must be
titrated within a therapeutic window, providing the required lifesustaining support while …

Pulmonary atelectasis is common in the perioperative period. Physiologically, it is produced
when collapsing forces derived from positive pleural pressure and surface tension overcome …

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been used during mechanical ventilation since
the first description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In the subsequent …

Purpose Imaging has become increasingly important across medical specialties for
diagnostic, monitoring, and investigative purposes in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes a heterogeneous lung injury and
remains a serious medical problem, with one of the only treatments being supportive care in …

Background and objective Recruitment maneuvers (RMs) with subsequent positive-end-
expiratory-pressure (PEEP) have proven effective in recruiting lung volume and preventing …

Introduction When alveoli collapse the traction forces exerted on their walls by adjacent
expanded units may increase and concentrate. These forces may promote its re-expansion …

Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in a... : Current Opinion in Critical Care
Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Since the description of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in 1967,
investigators have struggled to reproduce the syndrome in the animal laboratory. While …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) consists of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
characterized by massive and heterogeneously distributed loss of lung aeration caused by …