Strain threshold for ventilator-induced lung injury

Alessandro Santini,Alessandro Protti,Massimo Cressoni,Thomas Langer,D Febres,G Conte,Luciano Lombardi,M. Lattuada,Paolo Taccone,Luciano Gattinoni

Strain threshold for ventilator-induced lung injury

2011

Alessandro Santini
Alessandro Protti
Massimo Cressoni
Thomas Langer
D Febres
G Conte
Luciano Lombardi
M. Lattuada
Paolo Taccone
Luciano Gattinoni

Unphysiological lung strain (tidal volume/functional residual capacity, TV/FRC) may cause ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) [1]. Whether VILI develops proportionally to the applied strain or only above a critical threshold remains unknown.

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Tidal volume
Intensive care medicine
Emergency medicine
Functional residual capacity
Lung
Medicine
critical threshold
Strain (chemistry)
lung injury

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