M. Chasse

TL;DR: The results suggest that the PEEP-induced increase in arterial oxygenation is significantly correlated to the recruited volume but not to the changes in static compliance, and the shape of the static inflation V-P curves on ZEEP allows the prediction of alveolar recruitment with PEEP.

TL;DR: The NEP technique is concluded to provide a simple, rapid, and reliable method for detection of expiratory flow limitation in spontaneously breathing subjects, which does not require the patient's co-operation, and can be applied in different body positions both at rest and during muscular exercise.

TL;DR: NEP provides a simple method to detect flow limitation in mechanically ventilated patients and the supine position enhances flow limitation, and the ATM method gave erroneous results in the three non-flow-limited patients.

TL;DR: The flow and volume dependence of Rrs found in the patients with ARDS is qualitatively similar to that previously observed in normal anesthetized paralyzed subjects, however, Rrs was considerably greater than in the normal subjects, indicating that besides a low respiratory compliance AR DS is characterized by a high flow resistance.

TL;DR: The flow and volume dependence of the total resistance of the respiratory system (Rrs) was investigated in six mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using a simple, rapid method and implies that, for comparative purposes, measurements of Rrs should be standardized to a fixed inflation flow andVolume.