Hypoxemic respiratory failure is one of the leading causes of mortality in intensive care.
Frequent assessment of individual physiological characteristics and delivery of personalized …

Objective: This review outlines the basic principle, in addition to validated and upcoming
clinical use of electrical impedance tomography (EIT). EIT generates functional tomograms …

BACKGROUND: Electrical impedance tomography measures changes in lung impedance,
which are mainly related to changes in lung volume. We used electrical impedance …

Abstract The ECFS-CTN Standardisation Committee has undertaken this review of lung
clearance index as part of the group's work on evaluation of clinical endpoints with regard to …

The European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC) convened the 228th ENMC Workshop on
airway clearance techniques (ACT) in neuromuscular disorders (NMD) in Naarden, The …

Respiratory muscle weakness results in substantial discomfort, disability, and ultimately
death in many neuromuscular diseases. Respiratory system impairment manifests as …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a core life-support therapy for patients suffering from
respiratory failure or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Respiratory failure is a …

Background Lung-protective ventilation is claimed to be beneficial not only in critically ill
patients, but also in pulmonary healthy patients undergoing general anaesthesia. We report …

Respiratory adverse events are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in
paediatric anaesthesia. Aside from predisposing conditions associated with an increased …

Objective To determine the effects of body and head positions on the spatial distribution of
ventilation in nonintubated spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated infants …