Ever since the ARDSNet trial highlighted the clinical consequences of overdistending the lung, we've been trying to fine-tune mechanical ventilation strategies. ARDSNet helped highlight the reality ...

Background: Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) results from rupture of blebs, bullas, or diseased alveolar walls. Initiating mechanisms may relate to increased transpulmonary pressure. The ...

Survival of patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been improved by ventilation with small tidal volumes and the use of positive end-expiratory pressure ...