Pathophysiology of ventilator-associated lung injury

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Rocco, Patricia R M ^a   Santos, Claudia Dos ^b,c   Pelosid, Paolo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Elastance; Positive end expiratory pressure; Recruitment maneuvers; Transpulmonary pressure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PRESSURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

ACIDOSIS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRONE POSITION; VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

EID: 84859740698     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834f8c7f     Document Type: Review

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