Pulmonary atelectasis: a pathogenic perioperative entity

M Duggan, BP Kavanagh, DC Warltier - The Journal of the …, 2005 - pubs.asahq.org
Atelectasis occurs in the dependent parts of the lungs of most patients who are anesthetized.
Development of atelectasis is associated with decreased lung compliance, impairment of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

RG Brower, HE Fessler - Clinics in chest medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) 13 occur in diseases
such as sepsis and severe pneumonia49, 69 that cause diffuse inflammation in the …

Comparison of volume controlled with pressure controlled ventilation during one-lung anaesthesia

M Tuğrul, E Camci, H Karadeniz, M Sentürk… - British Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Pressure controlled ventilation (PCV) is an alternative mode of ventilation which is used
widely in severe respiratory failure. In this study, PCV was used for one-lung anaesthesia …

Effects of short-term pressure-controlled ventilation on gas exchange, airway pressures, and gas distribution in patients with acute lung injury/ARDS: comparison with …

M Prella, G Domenighetti - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives The potential clinical benefits of pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) over
volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS still …

Respiratory and haemodynamic effects of volume-controlled vs pressure-controlled ventilation during laparoscopy: a cross-over study with echocardiographic …

CC Balick-Weber, P Nicolas… - British Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background The effects of pressure-controlled (PC) ventilation on the ventilatory and
haemodynamic parameters during laparoscopy procedures had not been carefully …

Comparison of volume-controlled and pressure-controlled ventilation during laparoscopic gastric banding in morbidly obese patients

LEC De Baerdemaeker, C Van der Herten, JM Gillardin… - Obesity surgery, 2008 - Springer
Background There are no guidelines on ventilation modes in morbidly obese patients. We
investigated the effects of volume-controlled (VCV) and pressure-controlled ventilation …

Effects of ventilatory mode during one-lung ventilation on intraoperative and postoperative arterial oxygenation in thoracic surgery

PC Pardos, I Garutti, P Piñeiro, L Olmedilla… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the
ventilatory mode used during one-lung ventilation (OLV) and intraoperative and early …

A comparison of pressure‐controlled and volume‐controlled ventilation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

A Tyagi, R Kumar, AK Sethi, M Mohta - Anaesthesia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The potential advantages of pressure‐controlled over volume‐controlled ventilation during
laparoscopic surgery have yet to be proven. We randomly assigned 42 patients with BMI< …

Effects of inspiratory flow waveforms on lung mechanics, gas exchange, and respiratory metabolism in COPD patients during mechanical ventilation

SC Yang, SP Yang - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objective The clinical usefulness of varying inspiratory flow waveforms during
mechanical ventilation has not been adequately studied. The aim of this study was to …

Positive end-expiratory pressure improves gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics during partial liquid ventilation

MAX KIRMSE, Y FUJINO, D HESS… - American journal of …, 1998 - atsjournals.org
Partial liquid ventilation (PLV) with perflubron (PFB) has been proposed as an adjunct to the
current therapies for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Because PFB has …