Air leak, barotrauma susceptibility, and imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome: novel application of an old tool

Alessandro Belletti¹, Diego Palumbo², Giovanni Landoni^{3

4}, Alberto Zangrillo^{1

5}, Michele De Bonis^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. landoni.giovanni@hsr.it.
⁴ School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. landoni.giovanni@hsr.it.
⁵ School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Comment

Alessandro Belletti et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;48(12):1837-1838.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06902-y. Epub 2022 Oct 6.

Alessandro Belletti¹, Diego Palumbo², Giovanni Landoni^{3

4}, Alberto Zangrillo^{1

5}, Michele De Bonis^{5

6}

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. landoni.giovanni@hsr.it.
⁴ School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. landoni.giovanni@hsr.it.
⁵ School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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