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Transpulmonary pressures in obese and non-obese COVID-19 ARDS.

Mehdi MezidiFlorence DavietPaul ChabertSami HraiechLaurent BitkerJean-Marie ForelHodane YonisInes GraguebFrancois DhelftLaurent PapazianJean-Christophe RichardChristophe Guervilly
Published in: Annals of intensive care (2020)
Fifteen patients were investigated, 8 obese and 7 non-obese patients. PEEP ≥ 16 cm H2O for obese patients and PEEP ≥10 cm H2O for non-obese patients were necessary to obtain positive expiratory PL. Change of PEEP did not alter significantly ΔPL or elastances in obese patients. However, in non-obese patients lung EL  and ΔPL increased significantly with PEEP increase. Chest wall EL was not affected by PEEP variations in both groups.
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