system compliance

Esophageal Pressure Used to Guide Ventilation in Acute Lung Inju...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 13:56

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- A ventilator strategy using esophageal pressures to estimate transpulmonary pressure significantly improved oxygenation and respiratory-system compliance among critically ill patients, a pilot study found.