Tidal Volume

Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of particulate matter deposition in the lung, researchers reported in the European Respiratory Journal.

A “smart shirt,” which gauges the volume of air inhaled and exhaled based on how the wearer’s chest expands and contracts, may provide a simple way for physicians to monitor patients with pulmonary diseases, including COPD, a new study suggests.

Among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, shorter women were less likely to receive lower tidal volume ventilation and women with severe confirmed disease were more likely to die than men, according to a study published in the European Respiratory Journal.

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, personalizing mechanical ventilation based on lung morphology did not decrease mortality at 90 days, according to data published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

New data from the PHARLAP trial indicated that a maximal lung recruitment strategy, compared with conventional mechanical ventilation, had no effect on the number of ventilator-free days or mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.