Measures to assess potential lung injury during ventilation inadequate

Friday, August 15, 2008 - 11:35 in Health & Medicine

Ventilator-induced injury to the lungs can contribute to prolonged respiratory failure and even death among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even post-operative patients with previously healthy lungs, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, are at risk of ventilator-induced lung injury...

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