Background In patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
noninvasive ventilation may be used in an attempt to avoid endotracheal intubation and …

Background. Patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may
require endotracheal intubation with mechanical ventilation. We designed, and here report …

The effects of flow triggering (FT) as compared with pressure triggering (PT) on breathing effort
have been the focus of several studies, and discrepant results have been reported. In the …

We compare the measurements of viscoelastic properties of adherent alveolar epithelial
cells by two micromanipulation techniques: (i) magnetic twisting cytometry and (ii) optical …

… (l’Ile d’Abeau Chêne, France). DMEM containing glutamax, 4500 mg/l D-glucose, sodium …
Consistently with the lack of cytochalasin D effect found in our AMs, it has been suggested …

The influence of the endotracheal tube (ETT) during a T-piece trial remains controversial. Our
aim was to compare the work of breathing of 14 successfully extubated patients at the end …

… is defined by \( {\textstyle{{\Delta P_{{\rm total}} } \over {{{1/2}}\rho \bar u^2 }}} \) where ρ is
the density and \( \bar u \) the mean velocity computed in the tube at the outlet of the model (D …

… Moreover, due to the role played by a provoked loss in cytoskeleton integrity induced by
cytochalasin D treatment, the actin cytoskeleton can be considered to play a key role in these …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) rebreathing
occurs in acute respiratory failure patients ventilated using the standard airway management …

Purpose To describe the practice, knowledge and beliefs about aerosol therapy during
mechanical ventilation in an international sample of physicians working in intensive care units (…