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Accuracy of esophageal pressure to assess transpulmonary pressure during mechanical ventilation

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Prof. Laurent Brochard for his contribution to the interpretation and discussion of the data. This work has been discussed and presented at the PLeUral pressure working Group (PLUG—Acute Respiratory Failure section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine).

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  1. Department of Surgical Sciences Anesthesia and General Intensive Care, Università di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43, (07100), Sassari, Italy

    Pierpaolo Terragni

  2. Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Luciana Mascia & Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Vito Fanelli

  4. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Sapienza Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

    V. Marco Ranieri

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Supported by Programma Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata, Italian Minister of Health: 369/2013.

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Terragni, P., Mascia, L., Fanelli, V. et al. Accuracy of esophageal pressure to assess transpulmonary pressure during mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med 43, 142–143 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4589-8

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