Radiological pattern in ARDS patients: partitioned respiratory mechanics, gas exchange and lung recruitability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ARDS is characterized by different degrees of impairment in oxygenation and distribution of the lung disease. Two radiological patterns have been described: a focal and a diffuse one. These two patterns could present significant differences both in gas exchange and in the response to a recruitment maneuver. At the present time, it is not known if the focal and the diffuse pattern could be characterized by a difference in the lung and chest wall mechanical characteristics. Our aims were to investigate, at two levels of PEEP, if focal vs. diffuse ARDS patterns could be characterized by different lung CT characteristics, partitioned respiratory mechanics and lung recruitability.

Methods

CT patterns were analyzed by two radiologists and were classified as focal or

SUBMITTER: Coppola S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128955 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature