Utility of bedside lung ultrasound for assessment of lung recruitment in a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Lung recruitment maneuvers are rescue measures commonly used to improve oxygenation in severely hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), who fail to improve on standard treatment. After recruitment, appropriate level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is applied to...

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Main Authors: Abhijeet Singh, Ayush Gupta, Manas Kamal Sen, Jagdish Chander Suri, Shibdas Chakrabarti, Dipak Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Lung India
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2019;volume=36;issue=5;spage=451;epage=456;aulast=Singh