Effects of duty cycle and positive end-expiratory pressure on mucus clearance during mechanical ventilation*

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 895-902

  Li Bassi, Gianluigi ^a,b,c   Saucedo, Lina ^a   Marti, Joan Daniel ^f   Rigol, Montserrat ^a,b,c   Esperatti, Mariano ^a,c   Luque, Nestor ^a   Ferrer, Miquel ^a,b,c   Gabarrus, Albert ^a,c   Fernandez, Laia ^a,b,c   Kolobow, Theodor ^d   Torres, Antoni ^a,b,c,e  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f University of Barcelona ^*

Author keywords

intensive care; intrinsic positive end expiratory pressure; mechanical ventilation; mucociliary clearance; peak expiratory flow rate; positive end expiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEMODYNAMICS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTUBATION; LUNG CLEARANCE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRENDELENBURG POSITION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SWINE;

EID: 84857603447     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318236efb5     Document Type: Article

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