Driving Pressure and Normalized Energy Transmission Calculations in Mechanically Ventilated Children Without Lung Disease and Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Objectives: To compare the new tools to evaluate the energy dissipated to the lung parenchyma in mechanically ventilated children with and without lung injury. We compared their discrimination capability between both groups when indexed by ideal body weight and driving pressure.

Design: Post hoc analysis of individual patient data from two previously published studies describing pulmonary mechanics.