Microcirculatory dysfunction and dead-space ventilation in early ARDS: a hypothesis-generating observational study

Abstract Background Ventilation/perfusion inequalities impair gas exchange in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although increased dead-space ventilation (V D/V T) has been described in ARDS, its mechanism is not clearly understood. We sought to evaluate the relationships between dynamic v...

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Published in:	Annals of Intensive Care
Main Authors:	Gustavo A. Ospina-Tascón, Diego F. Bautista, Humberto J. Madriñán, Juan D. Valencia, William F. Bermúdez, Edgardo Quiñones, Luis Eduardo Calderón-Tapia, Glenn Hernandez, Alejandro Bruhn, Daniel De Backer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Subjects:	Acute respiratory distress syndrome Dead-space ventilation V D/V T Ventilation/perfusion mismatch Microcirculation Microcirculatory blood flow
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-020-00651-1