title: Computerised tomography scan imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: Computerised tomography (CT) is being used with increasing frequency in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. This brief review will discuss some of the clinical insights that a CT scan can offer. A large number of CT scan studies have provided new insights into the pathophysiology of ARDS and of mechanical ventilation, and are particularly focused on the recruitment-derecruitment phenomenon. To this end, newer fast CT scan technology promises a dynamic, rather than a static view of lung ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale Nuovo S. Gerardo, via G. Donizetti 106, 20052 Monza, Milan, Italy. antonio.pesenti@unimib.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pesenti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tagliabue
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patroniti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed