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acute respiratory distress syndrome, baby lung overinflation
RECRUITMENT, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
The ability to determine the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome may have important clinical ramifications.The optimal PEEP in such patients aims at reducing lung dynamic strain while avoiding baby lung overinflation. The balance between these two effects depends on the variable extent of lung recruitment.The recruitment-to-inflation ratio over a 10–cm HWhether the recruitment-to-inflation ratio is uniform or not across a 10–cm H