Example sentences for: pressure-volume

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  • Iron is necessary in the synthesis of collagen [ 39 ] , and collagen content has been shown to be reduced in iron deficient hearts [ 40 ] . If this is similarly true for arteries in iron deficient animals, a significant increase in distensibility would result, altering the normal pressure-volume relationship.

  • Whereas Kiefer and colleagues used pressure-volume curves for PEEP titration, we titrated PEEP on the basis of improvement in oxygenation, which is a commonly used method in clinical practice because determination of pressure-volume curves can sometimes be cumbersome.

  • Because of the difficulties associated with measurement of pressure-volume curves, incremental titration of PEEP in an attempt to find the 'best' PEEP, based on improvement in oxygenation, is common practice in the management of hypoxaemic respiratory failure.

  • Third, PEEP opt in the study (approximately 11 cmH 2 O) was lower than levels reported in other ARDS studies [ 20 ] . Higher tidal volume (10 ml/kg) leading to higher mean airway pressure, the termination criteria used in our study, and the differences in titration technique (based on oxygenation versus pressure-volume curve) may account for this difference.

  • Similarly, in humans without ALI or ARDS, PEEP reduces splanchnic oxygenation and this is accompanied by decreases in cardiac output, albeit with no change in lactate levels [ 14 ] . Recently, Kiefer and colleagues [ 9 ] reported no change in splanchnic perfusion when PEEP was titrated on the linear portion of the pressure-volume curve in patients with ALI [ 9 ] .


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