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A fixed correction of absolute transpulmonary pressure may not be ideal for clinical use

Discussion on “Accuracy of esophageal pressure to assess transpulmonary pressure during mechanical ventilation”

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 108, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Elias Baedorf Kassis

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Stephen H. Loring & Daniel Talmor

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences Anesthesia and General Intensive Care, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

    Pierpaolo Terragni

  4. Anestesia and Critical Care Medicine, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Luciana Mascia & V. Marco Ranieri

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Baedorf Kassis, E., Loring, S.H., Talmor, D. et al. A fixed correction of absolute transpulmonary pressure may not be ideal for clinical use. Intensive Care Med 43, 1436–1437 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4823-z

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