Positive end-expiratory pressure improves elastic working pressure in anesthetized children

Abstract Background Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been demonstrated to decrease ventilator-induced lung injury in patients under mechanical ventilation (MV) for acute respiratory failure. Recently, some studies have proposed some beneficial effects of PEEP in ventilated patients withou...

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Main Authors: Pablo Cruces, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Federico Cristiani, Javier Martínez, Ronnie Henderson, Benjamin Erranz, Franco Díaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-018-0611-8