Respiratory compliance but not gas exchange correlates with changes in lung aeration after a recruitment maneuver: an experimental study in pigs with saline lavage lung injury

Dietrich Henzler¹ , Paolo Pelosi² , Rolf Dembinski³ , Annette Ullmann⁴ , Andreas H Mahnken⁵ , Rolf Rossaint⁶ and Ralf Kuhlen⁷

¹Senior Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

²Professor of Anesthesiology, Environment, Health and Safety Department, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

³Intensivist, Surgical Intensive Care Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

⁴Resident, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

⁵Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

⁶Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

⁷Head, Surgical Intensive Care Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany