PATIENTS hospitalized with advanced obstructive emphysema are often nervous, anxious and tense, perhaps to a greater degree than the average hospital patient. Because of dyspnea and cough they tend to ...

A study was undertaken at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital to measure the effect of ethamivan¶ on alveolar ventilation in patients with chronic lung disease and to compare its potency ...

The mechanism behind volutrauma is two-fold: one part increased alveolar-capillary permeability and one part increased transmural pressure. As alveoli become overdistended, the alveolar epithelium ...

Study design: Cross-sectional, observational, controlled study. Objectives: To survey breathing patterns during breathing at rest, ordinary deep breathing (DB), positive expiratory pressure (PEP) and ...

Numerous factors contribute to the pathobiology of ALI/ARDS, and this section will discuss the putative mechanisms of ALI/ARDS, including impairment of alveolar fluid clearance, epithelial cell ...

Objective: To obtain optimal titration of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during mechanical ventilation with functional residual capacity and ventilation homogeneity measurements. Design: ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...

Introduction: Patients undergoing lung cancer (LC) surgery often develop pulmonary infection (PI) due to poor sputum excretion ability leading to accumulation of secretions. Bronchoalveolar lavage ...