Titrating Open Lung PEEP in Acute Lung Injury : A clinical method based on changes in dynamic compliance
The recognition that supportive mechanical ventilation can also damage the lung, the so called ventilation induced lung injury (VILI), has revived the more than 40 year long debate on the optimal level of PEEP to be used. It is established that the prevention of VILI improves patient outcome and tha...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Klinisk fysiologi
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8460 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7093-7 |