Mechanical Ventilation Lessons Learned From Alveolar Micromechanics

Morbidity and mortality associated with lung injury remains disappointingly unchanged over the last two decades, in part due to the current reliance on lung macro-parameters set on the ventilator instead of considering the micro-environment and the response of the alveoli and alveolar ducts to venti...

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Main Authors: Michaela Kollisch-Singule, Joshua Satalin, Sarah J. Blair, Penny L. Andrews, Louis A. Gatto, Gary F. Nieman, Nader M. Habashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00233/full