The "normal" ventilated airspaces suffer the most damaging effects of mechanical ventilation

Affiliations

• ¹ Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden. joao.batista_borges@surgsci.uu.se.
• ² Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. joao.batista_borges@surgsci.uu.se.
• ³ Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
• ⁴ Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
• ⁵ Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.