New and conventional strategies for lung recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Paolo Pelosi; Marcelo Gama de Abreu; Patricia R M Rocco

doi:10.1186/cc8851

New and conventional strategies for lung recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Crit Care. 2010;14(2):210. doi: 10.1186/cc8851. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Authors

Paolo Pelosi¹, Marcelo Gama de Abreu, Patricia R M Rocco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ambient Health and Safety, Servizio Anestesia B, Ospedale di Circolo, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, Varese, Italy. ppelosi@hotmail.com

PMID: 20236454
PMCID: PMC2887103
DOI: 10.1186/cc8851

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Illness
Humans
Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods
Pulmonary Atelectasis / prevention & control
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*