The anatomic and physiologic response to positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) was investigated using computed tomography (CT) in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The lesions (densities) in ARDS are distributed inhomogeneously but tend to concentrate in the dependent regions. The estimated lung weight (by CT scan, quantitative analysis, and lung gas volume measured with helium dilution) is, on the average, 200% higher than expected. Changing the body position from supine to prone causes a change in the density distribution in response to gravitational forces. The main effect of PEEP is to clear the densities through alveolar anatomic recruitment. Anatomic recruitment changes the mechanical characteristics of the lung and parallels the improvement in gas exchange. The effects of PEEP on pulmonary arterial pressure appear to be related to anatomic recruitment.
Inflammatory pulmonary edema and positive end-expiratory pressure: correlations between imaging and physiologic studies / L. Gattinoni, A. Pesenti, S. Baglioni, G. Vitale, M. Rivolta, P. Pelosi. - In: JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING. - ISSN 0883-5993. - 3:3(1988 Jul), pp. 59-64-64.
Inflammatory pulmonary edema and positive end-expiratory pressure: correlations between imaging and physiologic studies
L. Gattinoni;A. Pesenti;
1988
Abstract
The anatomic and physiologic response to positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) was investigated using computed tomography (CT) in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The lesions (densities) in ARDS are distributed inhomogeneously but tend to concentrate in the dependent regions. The estimated lung weight (by CT scan, quantitative analysis, and lung gas volume measured with helium dilution) is, on the average, 200% higher than expected. Changing the body position from supine to prone causes a change in the density distribution in response to gravitational forces. The main effect of PEEP is to clear the densities through alveolar anatomic recruitment. Anatomic recruitment changes the mechanical characteristics of the lung and parallels the improvement in gas exchange. The effects of PEEP on pulmonary arterial pressure appear to be related to anatomic recruitment.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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