• Crit Care · Jan 2012

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    Lung recruitment in ARDS: we are still confused, but on a higher PEEP level.

    • Marcelo Gama de Abreu and Peter M Spieth.
    • Pulmonary Engineering Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Fetschertsrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
    • Crit Care. 2012 Jan 1;16(1):108.

    AbstractRecruitment maneuvers and the application of high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure combined with lung protective mechanical ventilation strategies have been proposed to improve pulmonary function in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, the optimal way to achieve and maintain alveolar recruitment is still under debate.

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