Abstract
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855.
MeSH terms
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Critical Illness
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Humans
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Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods
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Pulmonary Atelectasis / prevention & control
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*