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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Plateau and driving pressure in the presence of spontaneous breathing

Authors: Giacomo Bellani, Alice Grassi, Simone Sosio, Giuseppe Foti

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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Driving pressure (ΔP), i.e. plateau pressure (Pplat) minus positive end-expiratory pressure, is increasingly a target for limiting inspiratory lung stretch, since it represents the pressure distending the respiratory system. …
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Title
Plateau and driving pressure in the presence of spontaneous breathing
Authors
Giacomo Bellani
Alice Grassi
Simone Sosio
Giuseppe Foti
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5311-9

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