| | Acute effects of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery on lung and chest wall properties CHEST - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | Study objectives: To characterize acute changes in the dynamic, passive mechanical properties of the lungs and chest wall, elastance (E) and resistance (R), caused by lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). |
 | | Measurements and results: From measurements of airway and esophageal pressures and flow during mechanical ventilation throughout the physiologic range of breathing frequency (f) and tidal volume (VT), E and R of the total respiratory system (Ers and Rrs), lungs (EL and RL), and chest wall (Ecw and Rcw) immediately before and after LVRS were calculated. |
 | | In the present study, we studied immediate effects of bilateral LVRS on the mechanical properties (namely, dynamic elastance and resistance) of the lungs and chest walls of anesthetized/paralyzed patients still in the operating room. |
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