• Crit Care · Jan 2007

    Comment Review

    Positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome: should the 'open lung strategy' be replaced by a 'protective lung strategy'?

    • Jean-Jacques Rouby, Fabio Ferrari, Bélaïd Bouhemad, and Qin Lu.
    • Réanimation Chirurgicale Polyvalente Pierre Viars, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie of Paris - 6, 47/83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris Cédex 13, France. jjrouby.pitie@invivo.edu
    • Crit Care. 2007 Jan 1;11(6):180.

    AbstractIn patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, positive end-expiratory pressure is associated with alveolar recruitment and lung hyperinflation despite the administration of a low tidal volume. The best positive end-expiratory pressure should correspond to the best compromise between recruitment and distension, a condition that coincides with the best respiratory elastance.

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