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Causes of ventilator induced lung injury (VILI)
| Type of injury | Causative factors |
|---|---|
| Volume trauma | Excessive end-tidal volume |
| Barotrauma | Excessive transpulmonary pressure |
| Atelectrauma | closing volume at end-expiration |
| Biotrauma | Stimulation of cellular response to mechanical and other injury (such as hyperoxia) by resident and recruited cells |
