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Comment
. 2008;12(1):408; author reply 408.
doi: 10.1186/cc6208.

The quest for optimal positive end-expiratory pressure continues

Dick Markhorst, Martin Kneyber, Marc van Heerde
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The quest for optimal positive end-expiratory pressure continues

Dick Markhorst et al. Crit Care. 2008.
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(a) Cephalocaudal distribution of computed tomography (CT) end-expiratory hyperinflated lung volume (expressed as a percentage of the total pulmonary volume) in eight patients studied during the first 6 days of acute lung injury at positive end-expiratory pressures of 15 cmH2O (open circles) and 0 cmH2O (closed circles). Reproduced with permisson of Lippincott Williams and Wilkins from [5]. (b) Segmental distribution of the CT cumulated amount of air cysts (filled circles) and bronchiectasis (horizontal lines), expressed as a percentage of each lung segment (numbers), in 21 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome studied 3 weeks after the onset of their respiratory disease. Reproduced with permisson of Lippincott Williams and Wilkins from [4]. The distribution of early CT hyperinflation coincides with the distribution of late air cysts and late bronchiectasis.
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