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New and conventional strategies for lung recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Paolo Pelosi1*, Marcelo G de Abreu2 and Patricia RM Rocco3

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Ambient Health and Safety, Servizio Anestesia B, Ospedale di Circolo, University of Insubria, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy

2 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Pulmonary Engineering Group, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

3 Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, C.C.S. Ilha do Fundao, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Critical Care 2010, 14:210 doi:10.1186/cc8851

Published: 9 March 2010

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook webcite. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855 webcite.