Objective: To obtain optimal titration of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during mechanical ventilation with functional residual capacity and ventilation homogeneity measurements. Design ...

1. The ARDS Network. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the ARDS. N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1301-1308 2. Richard NC, Maggiore SM ...

Too much respiratory effort can injure both the lung and the diaphragm, whereas too much ventilator support with unduly high PEEP can lead to diaphragm atrophy, which in turn prolongs mechanical ...

Mechanical ventilation, the use of a machine to help a person breathe, ... PEEP is a measure of the strength of a burst of air that is pushed into the lungs after the patient exhales, ...

Increasing positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is advocated to recruit alveoli during high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), but its effect on cardiopulmonary physiology and lung injury is ...

This work reports the effects of mechanical ventilation with PEEP (CPPV) on DO2. Methods : 7 newborns (GA : 34±2wks) with hyaline membrane disease and 3 children (5-10mos-12yrs) with ARF were ...

(HealthDay)—For obese patients, the optimal mechanical ventilation strategy may be volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) with higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and single recruitment ...

Invasive mechanical ventilation discontinuation practices regarding patient screening, ... Pressure support plus PEEP was more frequently used in Canada, the U.K., ...

Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) is common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the intensive care unit (ICU) and may be correlated with adverse outcomes, according to a ...

In a retrospective study of 100 patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, ... They found a clinical improvement when a positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 to 10 cm of water was used.