Purpose This study aimed to assess the prevalence and time course of asynchronies during
mechanical ventilation (MV). Methods Prospective, noninterventional observational study of …

Objective: Changing the position from supine to prone is an emerging strategy to improve gas
exchange in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aim of this …

Severe airflow obstruction is a common cause of acute respiratory failure. Dynamic hyperinflation
affects tidal ventilation, increases airways resistance, and causes intrinsic positive end-…

During bronchoscopy hypoxemia is commonly found and oxygen supply can be delivered by
interfaces fed with high gas flows. Recently, the high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been …

Purpose Ineffective respiratory efforts during expiration (IEE) are a problem during
mechanical ventilation (MV). The goal of this study is to validate mathematical algorithms that …

The aim of this article is to identify and interpret the data provided by modern ventilators that
provide the greatest clinical help in evaluating respiratory mechanics during mechanical …

Study objective The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the utility of
derived dead space indexes to predict survival in mechanically ventilated patients with acute …

In thoracic surgery, the introduction of video-assisted thoracoscopic techniques has allowed
the development of fast-track protocols, with shorter hospital lengths of stay and improved …

… Correspondence to Umberto Lucangelo, Department of Perioperative Medicine,
Intensive Care and Emergency, Trieste University School of Medicine, Cattinara Hospital …

Objective: To test the effects of positive expiratory pressure on the leakage of fluid around
cuffs of different tracheal tubes, in mechanically ventilated patients and in a benchtop model. …