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In patients with obstructive pulmonary disease during controlled ventilation, PEEP decreases dynamic hyperinflation: is this response really "paradoxical"?

AuthorsKondili Eumorfia, C Alexopoulou, G Prinianakis, N Xirouchaki, D Georgopoulos
JournalCritical care medicine (Crit Care Med) Vol. 33 Issue 12 Pg. 2860 (Dec 2005) ISSN: 0090-3493 [Print] United States
PMID16352983 (Publication Type: Comment, Letter)
Topics
  • Airway Resistance (physiology)
  • Critical Care
  • Humans
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration (methods)
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive (physiopathology, therapy)
  • Residual Volume (physiology)
  • Tidal Volume (physiology)

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