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Computerised tomography scan imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome

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Computerised tomography (CT) is being used with increasing frequency in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. This brief review will discuss some of the clinical insights that a CT scan can offer. A large number of CT scan studies have provided new insights into the pathophysiology of ARDS and of mechanical ventilation, and are particularly focused on the recruitment-derecruitment phenomenon. To this end, newer fast CT scan technology promises a dynamic, rather than a static view of lung ventilation.

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Final revision received: 7 January 2001

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Pesenti, A., Tagliabue, P., Patroniti, N. et al. Computerised tomography scan imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med 27, 631–639 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340100877

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