Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2613321 Réanimation 2007 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
Whereas tidal volume reduction is now largely accepted as a prerequisite to protect the lungs in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients, a debate persists concerning the best PEEP to avoid excessive loss of functional residual capacity. This discussion should take into account the effect of PEEP application on pulmonary circulation, and not only on lung aeration, improvement in the latter usually being obtained at the expense of the former. An appropriate balance should thus be respected to obtain a functional, and not only anatomical, improvement.
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