Lung Recruitment Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography (RECRUIT): A Multicenter Study of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

• DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202212-2300oc
• Publication Date: 2023-04-25T17:18:13Z
• Authors: Annemijn H. Jonkman; Glasiele C. Alcala; Bertrand Pavlovsky; Oriol Roca; Savino Spadaro; Gaetano Scaramuzzo; Lu Chen; Jose Dianti; Mayson L. de A. S...; Michael C. Sklar; Thomas Piraino; Huiqing Ge; Guang-Qiang Chen; Jian-Xin Zhou; Jie Li; Ewan C. Goligher; Eduardo Costa; Jordi Mancebo; Tommaso Mauri; Marcelo Amato; Laurent J. Brochard; Tobias Becher; Giacomo Bellani; Francois Beloncle; Gilda Cinnella; Carla Fornari; Inéz Frerichs; Claude Guerin; Ahmed Mady; Fabiana Madotto; Alain Mercat; Ibrahim Nagwa; Stefano Nava; Paolo Navalesi; Elena Spinelli; Daniel Talmor
• Keywords: Electrical Impedance Tomography; Positive End-Expiratory Pressure; Pulmonary compliance; Respiratory physiology

Defining lung recruitability is needed for safe positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) selection in mechanically ventilated patients. However, there no simple bedside method including both assessment of and risks overdistension as well personalized PEEP titration.