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- Title
Pressure, flow and Occam's Razor: a matter of "steal"?
- Authors
Andrews, Peter; Andrews, Peter J D
- Abstract
The article discusses that Occam's Razor, named for the fourteenth-century philosopher William of Occam, is the principle of preferring the simplest explanation of events. Mechanical ventilation is a cornerstone of the management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are amongst the most common and important complications after TBI and frequently pose a significant clinical challenge. Patients with TBI are managed according to physiological pressure goals and not usually brain perfusion indices.
- Subjects
BRAIN injuries; ARTIFICIAL respiration; LUNG injuries; RESPIRATORY distress syndrome; PATIENTS; PULMONARY manifestations of general diseases
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2005, Vol 31, Issue 3, p323
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-004-2492-1