Search for dissertations about: "Cdyn"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Cdyn.
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1. Recruitment of small size lungs - experimental studies
Abstract : Background: Patients - both children and adults - undergoing anesthesia and mechanical ventilation rapidly develop atelectasis. Even more severe problems occur in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. READ MORE
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2. Titrating Open Lung PEEP in Acute Lung Injury : A clinical method based on changes in dynamic compliance
Abstract : The recognition that supportive mechanical ventilation can also damage the lung, the so called ventilation induced lung injury (VILI), has revived the more than 40 year long debate on the optimal level of PEEP to be used. It is established that the prevention of VILI improves patient outcome and that PEEP exerts protective effects by preventing unstable diseased alveoli from collapsing. READ MORE