Lung recruitment in ARDS: we are still confused, but on a higher PEEP level.
Recruitment maneuvers and the application of high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure combined with lung protective mechanical ventilation strategies have been proposed to improve pulmonary function in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, the optimal way to achieve and maintain alveolar recruitment is still under debate.
Pulmonary Engineering Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Fetschertsrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Peter M
PM
Spieth
Marcelo
M
Gama de Abreu
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008170:Lung Compliance / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed