Pulmonary volutrauma

Pulmonary volutrauma — Volutrauma is essentially damage to the lung caused by overdistention by a mechanical ventilator set for an excessively high tidal volume; resulting in a syndrome similar to adult respiratory distress syndrome.^[1] Volutrauma is separate from Pulmonary barotrauma because the mechanism of injury is excessive volume (volutrauma), instead of pressure (barotrauma).

References

^ Albaiceta GM, Blanch L (2011). "Beyond volutrauma in ARDS: the critical role of lung tissue deformation.". Crit Care 15 (2): 304. doi:10.1186/cc10052. PMID 21489320. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21489320.

Mechanical ventilation

Fundamentals	Modes of mechanical ventilation • Mechanical ventilation in emergencies • Mechanical ventilation in neonates • Nomenclature of mechanical ventilation

Modes	Intermittent mandatory ventilation • Controlled mandatory ventilation • Continuous spontaneous ventilation

Related illness	ARDS • Pulmonary barotrauma • Pulmonary volutrauma • Ventilator-associated pneumonia • Oxygen toxicity • Ventilator-associated lung injury

Pressure	P_EEP • FiO₂ • Δ_P • P_IP • P_S

Ventilation	V_T • V_E • V_f • P_plat • C_dyn • C_static