Adjusting tidal volume to stress index in an open lung condition optimizes ventilation and prevents overdistension in an experimental model of lung injury and reduced chest wall compliance

¹ Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez, 17, Valencia CP: 46010, Spain

² Section of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Uppsala University Hospital Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

³ CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar de Plata, Argentina

⁵ Clinical Research Foundation, Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

⁶ Pathological anatomy Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

⁷ Radiology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

⁸ Clinical Research Foundation, Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia, Valencia, Spain