Chinese medical journal
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Chinese medical journal · Jun 2015
Positive End-expiratory Pressure Titration after Alveolar Recruitment Directed by Electrical Impedance Tomography.
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a real-time bedside monitoring tool, which can reflect dynamic regional lung ventilation. The aim of the present study was to monitor regional gas distribution in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during positive-end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration using EIT. ⋯ After RMs, PEEP titration significantly affected regional gas distribution in lung, which could be monitored with EIT. EIT has the potential to optimize PEEP titration.