Low tidal volume protects pulmonary vasomotor function from “second-hit” injury in acute lung injury rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sepsis could induce indirect acute lung injury(ALI), and pulmonary vasomotor dysfunction. While low tidal volume is advocated for treatment of ALI patients. However, there is no evidence for low tidal volume that it could mitigate pu...

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Main Authors: Pan Chun, Wang Jianqiang, Liu Wei, Liu Ling, Jing Liang, Yang Yi, Qiu Haibo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://respiratory-research.com/content/13/1/77