Dear Editor,

We read the letter from Iotti et al1 with great interest and would like to first express our appreciation for their efforts to enable continuous measurement of airway-occlusion pressure at 0.1 s (P0.1). We concur that the ability to measure P0.1 without the need for a manual occlusion test by medical staff each time is important, as it may aid in preventing patient self-inflicted lung injury and ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction. …

Correspondence: Shinshu Katayama MD PhD, Division of Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311–1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329–0498, Japan. E-mail: shinsyu_kjichi.ac.jp