In my opinion, these results were spectacular. Of course, the APRV for ARDS debate isn't over. This was a small, single-center, unblinded study. It's hard to believe the dramatic increase in ...
The mechanism behind volutrauma is two-fold: one part increased alveolar-capillary permeability and one part increased transmural pressure. As alveoli become overdistended, the alveolar epithelium ...