Meanings of alveolar recruitment in English

A significant correlation between resting volume of nonaerated lower lobes and regional PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment was observed.

PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment was more pronounced in nondependent than in dependent regions and in cephalad than in caudal regions.

PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment predominates in nondependent and cephalad lung regions and is inversely correlated with the resting volume of nonaerated lung.

The lobar and cephalocaudal distribution of aerated and nonaerated lung and of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment is unknown in acute lung injury (ALI).

Distribution of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment along the anteroposterior and cephalocaudal axis and influence of the resting volume of nonaerated lower lobes were also assessed.

This study used electrical impedance tomography to investigate the physiological effects of different recruitment maneuvers for alveolar recruitment in a pig model of ARDS.