ARDS

Monday, October 19, 2020

12:07 AM

1 Lung protective ventilation

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network

Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm200005043421801

In patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation with a lower tidal volume than is traditionally used results in decreased mortality and increases the number of days without ventilator use

ARR 11%, NNT 9