Reinterpreting the pressure-volume curve in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Export

@article{citeulike:876044, abstract = {New evidence requires a reinterpretation of the inflation pressure-volume curve and suggests that neither the lower nor the upper inflection point provides reliable information to determine safe ventilator settings in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Recruitment probably continues throughout the inflation pressure-volume curve, and studies of the deflation pressure-volume curve, reinflations after partial deflation, or decremental positive end-expiratory pressure trials after a recruitment maneuver are probably needed to determine open-lung positive end-expiratory pressure.}, address = {Department of Intensive Care, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia. Keith\_Hickling@health.qld.gov.au}, author = {Hickling, K. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {876044}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12205404}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12205404}, issn = {1070-5295}, journal = {Curr Opin Crit Care}, keywords = {ards}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {32--38}, posted-at = {2006-09-28 07:48:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Reinterpreting the pressure-volume curve in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12205404}, volume = {8}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:876044 L3 - citeulike-article-id:876044 N2 - New evidence requires a reinterpretation of the inflation pressure-volume curve and suggests that neither the lower nor the upper inflection point provides reliable information to determine safe ventilator settings in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Recruitment probably continues throughout the inflation pressure-volume curve, and studies of the deflation pressure-volume curve, reinflations after partial deflation, or decremental positive end-expiratory pressure trials after a recruitment maneuver are probably needed to determine open-lung positive end-expiratory pressure. IS - 1 JF - Curr Opin Crit Care SN - 1070-5295 AD - Department of Intensive Care, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia. Keith_Hickling@health.qld.gov.au EP - 38 TI - Reinterpreting the pressure-volume curve in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. VL - 8 SP - 32 KW - ards AU - Hickling, KG PY - 2002/02// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12205404 ER -