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 …

Background Lung-protective ventilation strategy suggests the use of low tidal volume,
depending on ideal body weight, and adequate levels of PEEP. However, reducing tidal …

Background In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), non-ventilated perfused regions
coexist with non-perfused ventilated regions within lungs. The number of unmatched regions …

Background Mechanical power (MP) is the energy delivered to the respiratory system over
time during mechanical ventilation. Our aim was to compare the currently available methods …

Background Mechanical power (MP) refers to the energy delivered by a ventilator to the
respiratory system per unit of time. MP referenced to predicted body weight (PBW) or …

Abstract Background Driving pressure (ΔPrs) across the respiratory system is suggested as
the strongest predictor of hospital mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress …

Introduction Hemodynamic resuscitation should be aimed at achieving not only adequate
cardiac output but also sufficient mean arterial pressure (MAP) to guarantee adequate tissue …

Introduction Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower mortality in mechanically
ventilated critically ill patients. However, it is yet unclear which body component is …

Methods Prospective observational study in a medical ICU of a university hospital. TwPdi
BAMPS was measured in critically ill and mechanically ventilated patients. Briefly, the …

Introduction Functional assessment of arterial load by dynamic arterial elastance (Ea dyn),
defined as the ratio between pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation …