Prone positioning may increase lung overdistension in COVID-19-induced ARDS

Abstract Real-time effects of changing body position and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on regional lung overdistension and collapse in individual patients remain largely unknown and not timely monitored. The aim of this study was to individualize PEEP in supine and prone body positions see...

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Main Authors: Michal Otáhal, Mikuláš Mlček, João Batista Borges, Glasiele Cristina Alcala, Dominik Hladík, Eduard Kuriščák, Leoš Tejkl, Marcelo Amato, Otomar Kittnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20881-6