Fig. 13.1 From barotrauma/volutrauma to biotrauma. Ventilator-induced lung injury progresses from the primary mechanical injury to secondary atelectrauma, encouraged by both barotrauma and volutrauma. Atelectrauma resulting from alveolar interdependence is…

(14.1) Fig. 14.1 Model of the entire respiratory system (see text for details). Pressures are indicated at specific points, circles represent pressure generators, rectangles represent passive components, and arrows indicate…

Fig. 18.1 The target level of sedation is different from the first period, devoted to clinical stabilization and protective ventilation, to the second one, when patients need to receive lighter…

Fig. 16.1 A CT scan of human chest showing the close spatial relationship between the heart and the lungs The heart and lung (H-L) interaction can be defined as the…

  Dahlem et al. [34] Zimmerman et al. [159] Bindl et al. [17] Erickson et al. [46, 46] Kneyber et al. [80] Hu et al. [72] Yu et al. [156]…

Fig. 7.1 A schematic of a model of O2 delivery and consumption during VV-ECMO. Part of the blood returning from the body with a low oxygen content (Cv) is diverted…

First author Year Incidence of VAP in ARDS patients Incidence of VAP in no ARDS patients Diagnostic methods Journal Markowicz 2000 49 out of 134 (36%) 173 out of 744…

Imaging technique Clinical role Technical limitations X-ray Lung assessment Poor contrast diagnostic resolution Quality of the exam affected by ICU conditions Radiation exposure Computed tomography Lung assessment Lung recruitment Overdistension…

Fig. 12.1 Probability of survival according to the PaO2/FiO2 ratio in the ACURASYS study (Reproduced with permission from Papazian et al. [16], Appendix 2) 12.4 Summary of the Evidence-Based Data…