Search Tag: Ventilator-induced lung injury
2023 13 Oct
Mechanical power is an easy bedside tool to guide lung protective ventilation, as it is an index of the energy load applied to the lung during mechanical ventilation and expresses in one formula all the main determinants of ventilator-induced lung injury. Although a threshold value has not already been defined, a mechanical power greater than 17...Read more
2023 13 Jun
Patients diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often require mechanical ventilation (MV) as a life-saving intervention. However, mechanical ventilation can aggravate lung injury, leading to a condition known as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Although using low tidal volume (VT) ventilation has become the standard in...Read more
2018 07 Nov
Ventilator-induced lung injury is a multifaceted problem that has progressively become a preoccupation for intensivists and anaesthesiologists. Interestingly, it has taken many years to realise that mechanical ventilation, a life-saving technique, could also induce harm, according to an Editorial article published online in the journal Anesthesiology....Read more