Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a multifactorial lung injury that continues to be
associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Mechanical ventilation, although …

The chief reason that patients are admitted to an intensive care unit is to receive ventilatory
support. In this article, I update the basic principles of mechanical ventilation, which I …

Rationale: In the critically ill patients, lung ultrasound (LUS) is increasingly being used at the
bedside for assessing alveolar-interstitial syndrome, lung consolidation, pneumonia …

Background: Lung auscultation and bedside chest radiogra-phy are routinely used to assess
the respiratory condition of ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Computed tomography (CT) assessment of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)-
induced alveolar recruitment is classically achieved by quantifying the decrease in …

Monitoring plays an important role in the current management of patients with acute
respiratory failure but sometimes lacks definition regarding which'signals' and'derived …

Objectives:(a) To assess whether differences in lung morphology observed in patients with
adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are associated with differences in …

Purpose Lung volumes, especially functional residual capacity (FRC), are decreased in
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) …

Laparoscopic surgery can be facilitated by inducing a pneu-moperitoneum through CO2
inflation. However, the resulting increase in abdominal pressure and the head-down body …

Objectives: The impact of recruitment maneuvers on gas exchange, hemodynamics, alveolar
recruitment, and hyperinflation is highly variable among patients with acute respiratory …