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- Title
Understanding recruitment maneuvers.
- Authors
Suzumura, Erica; Amato, Marcelo; Cavalcanti, Alexandre; Suzumura, Erica Aranha; Amato, Marcelo Britto Passos; Cavalcanti, Alexandre Biasi
- Abstract
The article offers information on recruitment maneuver (RM). It mentions its reference to a process of driving an intentional transient growth in transpulmonary pressure focused at insufficiently aerated alveoli of the respiratory system. An overview of its impact on oxygenation and role as rescue treatment for severe hypoxemia is also presented.
- Subjects
LUNG diseases; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of pressure; PULMONARY alveoli; OXYGEN therapy; HYPOXEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL therapy; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2016, Vol 42, Issue 5, p908
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-015-4025-5