Should mechanical ventilation be guided by esophageal pressure measurements?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-280

  Plataki, Maria ^a   Hubmayr, Rolf D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

acute lung injury acute respiratory distress syndrome; esophageal pressure; lung stress; positive end expiratory pressure; ventilator induced lung injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG MECHANICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; THORAX PRESSURE; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

AIR PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

EID: 79955626721     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328344dda6     Document Type: Review

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