Esophageal Manometry

• Published in: Respiratory care Vol. 65; no. 6; p. 772
• Main Authors: Pham, Tài, Telias, Irene, Beitler, Jeremy R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Catheters; Esophagus - physiology; Humans; Manometry - methods; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; Respiration, Artificial - methods; Respiratory Mechanics - physiology; asynchrony; mechanical ventilation; mechanical ventilator weaning; physiologic monitoring; ARDS; respiratory mechanics

The estimation of pleural pressure with esophageal manometry has been used for decades, and it has been a fertile area of physiology research in healthy subject as well as during mechanical ventilation in patients with lung injury. However, its scarce adoption in clinical practice takes its roots fr...