Spontaneous breathing promotes lung injury in an experimental model of alveolar collapse

Abstract Vigorous spontaneous breathing has emerged as a promotor of lung damage in acute lung injury, an entity known as “patient self-inflicted lung injury”. Mechanical ventilation may prevent this second injury by decreasing intrathoracic pressure swings and improving regional air distribution. T...

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Main Authors: María Consuelo Bachmann, Pablo Cruces, Franco Díaz, Vanessa Oviedo, Mariela Goich, José Fuenzalida, Luis Felipe Damiani, Roque Basoalto, Yorschua Jalil, David Carpio, Niki Hamidi Vadeghani, Rodrigo Cornejo, Maximiliano Rovegno, Guillermo Bugedo, Alejandro Bruhn, Jaime Retamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16446-2