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01-12-2020 | Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome | Editorial
Which component of mechanical power is most important in causing VILI?
Authors:
John J. Marini, Patricia R. M. Rocco
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 1/2020
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Excerpt
Repeated applications of tidal energy inflict lung damage (VILI) when stress and strain exceed the limits of tissue tolerance. Inflation work and energy are the products of pressure and volume, which are loosely associated with stress and strain, respectively. Three major pressure components contribute to tidal inflation energy: flow resistive pressure, tidal elastic (driving) pressure, and the static elastic pressure baseline set by PEEP [
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