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PMID: 20445445 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) noninvasively creates images of the local ventilation and arguably lung perfusion distribution at bedside. Methodological and clinical aspects of EIT when used as a monitoring tool in the intensive care unit are reviewed and discussed. RECENT FINDINGS: Whereas former investigations addressed the issue of validating EIT to measure regional ventilation, current studies focus on clinical applications such as detection of pneumothorax. Furthermore, EIT has been used to quantify lung collapse and tidal recruitment in order to titrate positive end-expiratory pressure. Indicator-free EIT measurements might be sufficient for the continuous measurement of cardiac stroke volume, but assessment of regional lung perfusion presumably requires the use of a contrast agent such as hypertonic saline. SUMMARY: Growing evidence suggests that EIT may play an important role in individually optimizing ventilator settings in critically ill patients. |
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Authors:
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Thomas Muders; Henning Luepschen; Christian Putensen |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Current opinion in critical care Volume: 16 ISSN: 1531-7072 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Opin Crit Care Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-13 Completed Date: 2010-08-13 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9504454 Medline TA: Curr Opin Crit Care Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 269-75 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany. t.muders@uni-bonn.de <t.muders@uni-bonn.de> |
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Electric Impedance Humans Lung Diseases / diagnosis, physiopathology Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology* Respiratory Mechanics / physiology Stroke Volume Tomography / methods* |
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