The Specific Elastance in Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS) Patients

The Specific Elastance in Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS) Patients: Barotrauma and Volutrauma

The investigators aim to study the specific elastance in ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation.

In sedated and paralyzed ALI/ARDS patients, we studied the specific elastance and also, we compared the specific elastance to healthy subjects during invasive mechanical ventilation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Stable ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hemodynamic failure, pneumothorax