Publication | Open Access

Positive end-expiratory pressure alters the severity and spatial heterogeneity of ventilator-induced lung injury: An argument for cyclical airway collapse

AsthmaAcute Lung InjuryLung InflammationSpatial HeterogeneityCyclical Airway CollapseVentilationPositive End-expiratory PressurePulmonary PhysiologyLung MechanicsPulmonary MedicineRespiration (Physiology)Mechanical VentilationMedicineAnesthesiology