Do More Injured Lungs Need More Protection? Let's Test It

Shailesh Bihari^{1

2}, B Taylor Thompson³, Andrew D Bersten^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Flinders Medical Centre South Australia, Australia and.
² College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University South Australia, Australia.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Shailesh Bihari et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;203(11):1334-1336.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202101-0154ED.

Shailesh Bihari^{1

2}, B Taylor Thompson³, Andrew D Bersten^{1

2}

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Flinders Medical Centre South Australia, Australia and.
² College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University South Australia, Australia.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

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Comment on

Effect of Lowering Vt on Mortality in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Varies with Respiratory System Elastance.
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