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From: Recruitment maneuvers and positive end-expiratory pressure/tidal ventilation titration in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome: translating experimental results to clinical practice

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Thoracic tomography of two different models of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). (a) Computed tomography (CT) scan of pigs after saline lung lavage before and after recruitment maneuvers with 45 cmH2O of pressure, maintaining a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 10 cmH2O, showing some redistribution of ventilation [1]. (b) CT scan of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients before and after a recruitment maneuver with 60 cmH2O maximal inspiratory pressure maintaining PEEP values of 20 and 25 cmH2O.

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Critical Care

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