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Critical care medicine

the idea that the injured lung in ARDS is not stiff but small, with only a reduced volume of aerated tissue available for ventilation.

In critical care medicine, baby lung refers to the idea that the injured lung in ARDS is not stiff but small, with only a reduced volume of aerated tissue available for ventilation. This meaning comes from Gattinoni (2005) in Intensive Care Medicine.[1]

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References

Gattinoni, L., & Pesenti, A. (2005). The concept of “baby lung”. Intensive Care Medicine, 31(6), 776-784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2627-z

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