Selecting the 'right' positive end-expiratory pressure level

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-57

  Gattinoni, Luciano ^a,b   Carlesso, Eleonora ^b   Cressoni, Massimo ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome; computed tomography scan; esophageal pressure; oxygenation; positive end expiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; THORAX WALL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LUNG VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TIDAL VOLUME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION, INTRINSIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIDAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84920770980     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000166     Document Type: Review

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