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. PMC 3219320. PMID 21489320.

Mechanical ventilation

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

Modes	IMV/SIMV CMV ACV CSV PAP BPAP CPAP APRV MMV PAV ASV HFV

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 P_AW P_plat

Volumes	V_T V_E V_f

Other	C_dyn C_static P_AO₂ V_D/V_T OI A-a gradient

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Pulmonary volutrauma

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