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Review series
The pulmonary physician in critical care • 7: Ventilator induced lung injury
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  1. T Whitehead,
  2. A S Slutsky
  1. Department of Critical Care and Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr A S Slutsky, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8;
    arthur.slutsky{at}utoronto.ca

Abstract

The main risk factors for ventilator induced lung injury are reviewed, together with the possible mechanisms and its clinical relevance.

  • ventilator induced lung injury

https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.57.7.635

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