• Recruitment of unventilated alveoli
• Increase in functional residual capacity (FRC)
• Lower ventilation pressures
• Decreased transpulmonary pressure
• More effective gas exchange in comparison to conventional ventilation
• Avoids all forms of atelectasis and intra-alveolar oedema
• Improved gas exchange at lower ventilation pressures
• Stable haemodynamics without affecting fluid management
• Reduction of shear forces, resulting in reduced development of pulmonary and systemic inflammatory mediators
• Effective mobilisation of secretions
• Easy device preparation
• Easy to use