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. 2010 Jan;3(1):43-51.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.58663.

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Maximillian Ragaller  1 , Torsten Richter
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Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Maximillian Ragaller et al. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Every year, more information accumulates about the possibility of treating patients with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome with specially designed mechanical ventilation strategies. Ventilator modes, positive end-expiratory pressure settings, and recruitment maneuvers play a major role in these strategies. However, what can we take from these experimental and clinical data to the clinical practice? In this article, we discuss substantial options of mechanical ventilation together with some adjunctive therapeutic measures, such as prone positioning and inhalation of nitric oxide.

Keywords: Lung injury; PEEP; protective ventilation; recruitment; ventilation-perfusion mismatching.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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