Absence of lung sliding is not a reliable indicator of pneumothorax in patients who require high PEEP

Authors :: Gregor Prosen
Andrej Markota
Andraž Stožer
Franci Svenšek
Andrej Bergauer
Jerneja Golub
Andreja Sinkovič
Source :: Critical Care
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: BioMed Central, 2015.
Abstract: The objective of our study was to estimate correlation between PEEP and disappearance of lung sliding (LS) due to lung overdistension in the absence of pneumothorax.

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
High peep
Lung
business.industry
respiratory system
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
surgical procedures, operative
medicine.anatomical_structure
Pneumothorax
Poster Presentation
medicine
In patient
Intensive care medicine
business
therapeutics
circulatory and respiratory physiology

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