Caution—Do Not Attempt This at Home. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation Should Not Routinely Be Used in Patients With or at Risk of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Outside of a Clinical Trial : Critical Care Medicine

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• Author: LWW
• Full Title: Caution—Do Not Attempt This at Home. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation Should Not Routinely Be Used in Patients With or at Risk of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Outside of a Clinical Trial : Critical Care Medicine
• Category: #articles
• URL: https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Fulltext/9900/Caution_Do_Not_Attempt_This_at_Home__Airway.86.aspx

Highlights

• APRV has two conceptual advantages: 1) to maintain a mean airway pressure that is higher than the closing pressure of alveoli and 2) to allow a patient unrestricted spontaneous breathing throughout the respiratory cycle (View Highlight)