Beyond volutrauma in ARDS the critical role of lung tissue deformation.docVIP

Albaiceta and Blanch Critical Care 2011,15:304 /content/15/2/304 VIE WPOINT Beyond volutrauma in ARDS: the critical role of lung tissue deformation Guillermo M Albaiceta * and Lluis Blanch 1,2 2,3 which has been termed ventilator-associated lung injury, is more subtle, because the ventilatory settings are not as aggressive and the nature of lung injury in this case is always multifactorial [2]. Diverse clinical trials have studied the e? ects of protective ventilation strategies aimed at reducing ventil