Erschienen in:
15.04.2024 | Correspondence
Negative pressure ventilation, an umbrella against ventilator induced lung injury
verfasst von:
James H. M. Roberts, Jane Vanhoutte, David J. Howard, Clementina M. van Rijn, Jan van Egmond, the Exovent Developing Group
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2024
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Excerpt
In their clear overview on ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) in Intensive Care Medicine, Gattinoni and colleagues [
1] call to mind that mechanical ventilation (MV) should provide sufficient gas exchange without generating additional injury. However, current MV does cause VILI [
1]. We would like to draw attention again to a neglected MV method: negative pressure ventilation (NPV). NPV is not only effective and safe [
2], it also avoids the development of VILI. …