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    Crit Care. 2007;11(6):180.

    Positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome: should the 'open lung strategy' be replaced by a 'protective lung strategy'?

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    Réanimation Chirurgicale Polyvalente Pierre Viars, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie of Paris - 6, 47/83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris Cédex 13, France. jjrouby.pitie@invivo.edu

    Abstract

    In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, positive end-expiratory pressure is associated with alveolar recruitment and lung hyperinflation despite the administration of a low tidal volume. The best positive end-expiratory pressure should correspond to the best compromise between recruitment and distension, a condition that coincides with the best respiratory elastance.

    PMID:
    18086329
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2246215
    Free PMC Article

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