Airway pressure release ventilation versus conventional ventilation for the management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: do we have an answer?

Airway pressure release ventilation: an alternative mode of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) results in collapse of alveoli and therefore poor oxygenation. In this article, we review airway pressure release ventilation (APRV), a mode of mechanical ventilation that may be useful when, owing to ARDS, areas of the lungs are collapsed and need to be reinflated ("recruited"), avoiding cyclic alveolar collapse and reopening.

High frequency ventilation and respiratory distress syndrome: do we have an answer?

Experimental study of airway pressure release ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a ventilator mode which has demonstrated potential benefits in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. We therefore sought to compare relevant pulmonary data and safety outcomes of this mode to the conventional ventilation and sustained inflation. Canines admitted after intravenous injection of oleic acid requiring mechanical ventilatio...

Clinical research about airway pressure release ventilation for moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate clinical effects of airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) in patients suffering from moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).e of a patient presented with significant high aminotransferase levels due to the first human R. aeschlimannii infection ever detected in Italy. The hypothesis of rickettsiosis was made on the basis of a comprehensive medic...

Airway pressure release ventilation: translating clinical research to the bedside in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Since its birth in the mid eighties of the last century, airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) has been a victim of much debate about its clinical use, benefits, and possible harms. With growing body of literature and evidence, APRV is gaining more acceptance and enthusiasm. Interesting research has been conducted in regards to its benefits in prevention of acute respiratory distress syndr...