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Navigating Heart–Lung Interactions in Mechanical Ventilation: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Advanced Management Strategies in ARDS and Beyond

Abstract Patients in critical condition who require mechanical ventilation experience intricate interactions between their respiratory and cardiovascular systems. These complex interactions are crucial for clinicians to understand as they can significantly influence therapeutic decisions and patient outcomes. A deep understanding of heart–lung interactions is essential, particularly under the stress of mechanical ventilation, where the right […]

ARDS, heart–lung interactions, mechanical circulatory support, mechanical ventilation, PEEP, Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP), right ventricle

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Mechanical Ventilation

In search of the Holy Grail: identifying the best PEEP in ventilated patients

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been interwoven with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) since its first description by Ashbaugh et al. [1]. Thereafter, the potentially competing effects of PEEP on lung volume, gas-exchange, and hemodynamics were quickly recognized, prompting the first proposals for methods to optimize PEEP in the clinical setting. Eight years after the

PEEP, Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)

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Mechanical Ventilation

Ventilator induced lung injury: a case for a larger umbrella?

Summary of “Assessing lung recruitability: does it help with PEEP settings?” This editorial examines the relationship between lung recruitability and the selection of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) management. While recruitability measures the potential to reinflate atelectatic lung regions, PEEP must prevent their collapse while considering additional factors like

Alveolar Opening Pressures, ARDS, ARDS Ventilation Guidelines, Critical Care, CT Scan in ARDS, Electric Impedance Tomography, Gas Exchange Methods, Intensive Care Medicine, Lung Elastance, Lung Recruitability, Lung Recruitment Assessment, mechanical ventilation, Personalized Ventilation Strategies, Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP), Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI)

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