title: Why high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure are required to maintain a stable end-expiratory lung volume in morbidly obese subjects.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koutsoukou
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Koulouris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004867:Equipment Design; D045853:Exhalation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D014054:Tomography