1. Left. CT scan slices obtained after oleic acid injury of the lung superimposed on the pressure-volume relationship of the respiratory system. Consolidation and radiographic density are greatest in the dependent lung regions and high pressures must be applied, even in this “highly recruitable” lung model, to fully reverse the radiographic evidence for collapse. Percentages denote aerated recruitable tissue. Right. Recruitment and inflation percentages as functions of static airway pressure. In these five patients with ARDS, the pressure–recruitment curve parallels the pressure–inflation curve when both are expressed as percentages of their maximum ranges. (Used, with permission, from Pelosi et al27 and Crotti et al.15)
Source: Chapter 29. Mechanical Ventilation in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e
Citation: Tobin MJ. Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e; 2013 Available at: Accessed: October 21, 2017
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