Esophageal pressures in acute lung injury: do they represent artifact or useful information about transpulmonary pressure, chest wall mechanics, and lung stress?

Loring, Stephen H

Esophageal pressures in acute lung injury: do they represent artifact or useful information about transpulmonary pressure, chest wall mechanics, and lung stress? [electronic resource] - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) Mar 2010 - 515-22 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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10.1152/japplphysiol.00835.2009 doi


APACHE
Acute Lung Injury--diagnosis
Adult
Aged
Artifacts
Critical Illness
Esophagus--physiopathology
Female
Humans
Lung--physiopathology
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Models, Biological
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Pressure
Reproducibility of Results
Respiration, Artificial--adverse effects
Respiratory Distress Syndrome--diagnosis
Respiratory Mechanics
Severity of Illness Index
Stomach--physiopathology
Stress, Physiological
Thoracic Wall--physiopathology
Urinary Bladder--physiopathology