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SUBMITTER: Coppola S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880369 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coppola Silvia S Caccioppola Alessio A Froio Sara S Ferrari Erica E Gotti Miriam M Formenti Paolo P Chiumello Davide D
Critical care (London, England) 20191127 1
<h4>Background</h4>In ARDS patients, changes in respiratory mechanical properties and ventilatory settings can cause incomplete lung deflation at end-expiration. Both can promote dynamic hyperinflation and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). The aim of this study was to investigate, in a large population of ARDS patients, the presence of intrinsic PEEP, possible associated factors (patients' characteristics and ventilator settings), and the effects of two different external PEEP l ...[more]