Brain-lung crosstalk: how should we manage the breathing brain?

Sarah Wahlster; James A Town; Denise Battaglini; Chiara Robba

doi:10.1186/s12890-023-02484-7

Brain-lung crosstalk: how should we manage the breathing brain?

BMC Pulm Med. 2023 May 23;23(1):180. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02484-7.

Authors

Sarah Wahlster^{1

2

3}, James A Town⁴, Denise Battaglini⁵, Chiara Robba^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. wahlster@uw.edu.
² Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. wahlster@uw.edu.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. wahlster@uw.edu.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
⁵ IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
⁶ Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy.

Abstract

Recent studies have drawn increasing attention to brain-lung crosstalk in critically ill patients. However, further research is needed to investigate the pathophysiological interactions between the brain and lungs, establish neuroprotective ventilatory strategies for brain-injured patients, provide guidance on potentially conflicting treatment priorities in patients with concomitant brain and lung injury, and enhance prognostic models to inform extubation and tracheostomy decisions. To bring together such research, BMC Pulmonary Medicine welcomes submissions to its new Collection on 'Brain-lung crosstalk'.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Airway Extubation
Brain
Humans
Lung
Lung Injury*
Respiration*