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Critical Care October 2004 Vol 8 No 5 Gattinoni et al. Review Bench-to-bedside review: Chest wall elastance in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome patients Luciano Gattinoni, Davide Chiumello, Eleondra Carlesso and Franco Valenza Institute of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Milan, Policlinico – IRCCS Hospital, Milan, Italy Corresponding author: Luciano Gattinoni, gattinon@policlinico.mi.it Published online: 7 May 2004 Critical Care 2004, 8:350-355 (DOI 10.1186/cc2854) This article is online at /content/8/5/350 ? 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract The importa