Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has undergone 30 years of development. Functional
chest examinations with this technology are considered clinically relevant, especially for …

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) uses electrical stimulation and measurement at the
body surface to image the electrical properties of internal tissues. It has the advantage of …

Abstract Editor's Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic In patients with adult
respiratory distress syndrome, physiologic tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure …

Rationale: In normal lungs, local changes in pleural pressure (Ppl) are generalized over the
whole pleural surface. However, in a patient with injured lungs, we observed (using …

Rationale: Esophageal manometry is the clinically available method to estimate pleural
pressure, thus enabling calculation of transpulmonary pressure (Pl). However, many …

Rationale: In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), atelectatic solid-like lung tissue
impairs transmission of negative swings in pleural pressure (Ppl) that result from …

Background. General anaesthesia leads to atelectasis, reduced end-expiratory lung volume
(EELV), and diminished arterial oxygenation in obese patients. We hypothesized that a …

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a bedside monitoring tool that noninvasively
visualizes local ventilation and arguably lung perfusion distribution. This article reviews and …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical entity that acutely affects the lung
parenchyma, and is characterized by diffuse alveolar damage and increased pulmonary …

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been used during mechanical ventilation since
the first description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In the subsequent …