Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Effects of descending positive end-expiratory pressure on lung mechanics and aeration in healthy anaesthetized piglets. | Available online http content 10 4 R122 Open Access Research Effects of descending positive end-expiratory pressure on lung mechanics and aeration in healthy anaesthetized piglets Alysson Roncally S Carvalho1 Frederico C Jandre1 Alexandre V Pino2 Fernando A Bozza3 Jorge I Salluh4 Rosana S Rodrigues5 João HN Soares6 and Antonio Giannella-Neto1 Biomedical Engineering Program COPPE Federal University of Rio de Janeiro . Box 68510 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 2Electronic Engineering Department Catholic University of Pelotas Rua Felix da Cunha 412 96010-000 Pelotas RS Brazil 3Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital ICU Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Av. Brigadeiro Trompowsky s n 21950-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 4National Institute of Cancer - 1 ICU Praọa Cruz Vermelha 23 20230-130 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 5Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital Radiodiagnostic Service Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Av. Brigadeiro Trompowsky s n 21950-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil 6UNIGRANRIO School of Veterinary Medicine Rua Professor José de Sousa Herdy 1160 25071-200 Duque de Caxias RJ Brazil Corresponding author Antonio Giannella-Neto agn@ Received 15 May 2006 Revisions requested 13 Jun 2006 Revisions received 11 Aug 2006 Accepted 23 Aug 2006 Published 23 Aug 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R122 doi cc5030 This article is online at http content 10 4 R1 22 2006 Carvalho et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Atelectasis and distal airway closure are common clinical entities of general anaesthesia. These two phenomena are expected to reduce the ventilation of dependent lung regions and represent major causes of arterial oxygenation impairment in anaesthetic .
