Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

BETHESDA, MD (August 12, 2004) – As if new parents don't have enough to worry about getting in synch with their infants, many of them wonder "what's with these sighs?" Of course adults sigh; not as ...

Background: In anesthetized patients undergoing surgery, the role of lung-protective ventilation with lower tidal volumes is unclear. We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs ...

WHEN a patient is unable to breathe by himself, the single most important responsibility of the physician is to provide adequate ventilation of the lungs. Artificial respiration during anesthesia may ...

Key differences Example EIT exams in a man (a) and a woman (b). The waveforms show the tidal variation of the EIT signal, while the images show the distribution of tidal impedance variation (the ...