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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2018

Is the mechanical power the final word on ventilator-induced lung injury?-we are not sure.

Francesco Vasques, Eleonora Duscio, Iacopo Pasticci, Federica Romitti, Francesco Vassalli, Michael Quintel, Luciano Gattinoni

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Mechanical ventilation energy analysis: Recruitment focuses injurious power in the ventilated lung.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. Observational
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  7. The Impact of Mechanical Energy Assessment on Mechanical Ventilation: A Comprehensive Review and Practical Application.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Observational
  12. Article
  13. Mechanical Power: A New Concept in Mechanical Ventilation.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Francesco VasquesDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Eleonora DuscioDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Iacopo PasticciDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Federica RomittiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Francesco VassalliDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Michael QuintelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Luciano GattinoniDepartment of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID30460269
PMCPMC6212351

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