There is a well-recognised importance for personalising mechanical ventilation settings to
protect the lungs and the diaphragm for each individual patient. Measurement of …

Hypoxemic respiratory failure is one of the leading causes of mortality in intensive care.
Frequent assessment of individual physiological characteristics and delivery of personalized …

Rationale: Defining lung recruitability is needed for safe positive end-expiratory pressure
(PEEP) selection in mechanically ventilated patients. However, there is no simple bedside …

Background External chest-wall compression (ECC) is sometimes used in ARDS patients
despite lack of evidence. It is currently unknown whether this practice has any clinical benefit …

1. Lynch DA, Austin JH, Hogg JC, Grenier PA, Kauczor HU, Bankier AA, et al. CT-definable
subtypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a statement of the Fleischner society …

Objective. Protective ventilation should be based on lung mechanics and transpulmonary
driving pressure (ΔPTP), as this' hits' the lung directly. Approach. The change in end …

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 …

Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: the use of esophag... : Current Opinion in Critical
Care Setting positive end-expiratory pressure: the use of esophageal pressure measurements …

Among mechanically ventilated patients, asymmetrical lung injury is probably extremely
frequent in the intensive care unit but the lack of standardized measurements does not allow …

To determine how percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) impacts on respiratory system
compliance (C rs) and end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) during volume control ventilation …