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Measurement of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment: just a research tool?

For positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to have lung protective efficacy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, it must increase the end-expiratory lung volume through alveolar recruitment while avoiding lung over-inflation. PEEP may increase the end-expiratory lung volume either...

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Autores principales: De Michele, Michele, Grasso, Salvatore
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1750986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16879727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4974