Intensive Care Medicine Experimental (Jun 2022)

Intracycle power distribution in a heterogeneous multi-compartmental mathematical model: possible links to strain and VILI

  • Philip S. Crooke,
  • Luciano Gattinoni,
  • Michael Michalik,
  • John J. Marini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40635-022-00447-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Take home message Potentially damaging tidal energy and power distribute asymmetrically within the heterogeneous environment of the acutely injured lung. Clinician-selected flow profiles not only influence the timing of power delivery, but also spatially distribute the attendant strains of expansion.

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