Ventilator-induced lung injury
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ngiam, Nicola; Kavanagh, Brian P.
- Source
- Current Opinion in Critical Care; February 2012, Vol. 18 Issue: 1 p16-22, 7p
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 10705295; 15317072
Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) is a ubiquitous iatrogenic clinical problem in critical care. Aside from avoiding large tidal volumes, little progress has been made in identifying effective clinical strategies to minimize this injury. With recent rapid development in bioinformatics and high-throughput molecular technology, the genetic basis of lung injury has been intensively investigated. This review will describe recent insights and potential therapies developed in the field.