The chest wall in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-102

  Hess, Dean R ^a   Bigatello, Luca M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Acute lung injury; Chest wall compliance; Lung compliance; Positive pressure ventilation; Respiratory system compliance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CALCULATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPRESSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROTECTION; REVIEW; THORAX WALL;

HUMANS; OBESITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 38149128093     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f40952     Document Type: Review

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