Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex syndrome of acute lung injury
leading to noncardiogenic pulmonary edema from many causes that is heterogenous in its …

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

The baby lung was originally defined as the fraction of lung parenchyma that, in acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), still maintains normal inflation. Its size obviously …

Background In ARDS patients, mechanical ventilation should minimize ventilator-induced
lung injury. The mechanical power which is the energy per unit time released to the …

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

Background Mechanical power is a summary variable including all the components which
can possibly cause VILI (pressures, volume, flow, respiratory rate). Since the complexity of …

Supportive care with mechanical ventilation continues to be an essential strategy for
managing severe neonatal respiratory failure; however, it is well known to cause and …

Mechanical ventilation is a life-supportive therapy, but can also promote damage to
pulmonary structures, such as epithelial and endothelial cells and the extracellular matrix, in …

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

Objectives: Lung CT is the reference imaging technique for acute respiratory distress
syndrome, but requires transportation outside the intensive care and x-ray exposure. Lung …