Initial Ventilator Settings in the Emergency Department
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Initial ventilator settings for critically ill patients
The lung-protective mechanical ventilation strategy has been standard practice for management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) for more than a decade. Observational data, small randomized studies and two recent systematic reviews suggest that lung protective ventilation is both safe and potentially beneficial in patients who do not have ARDS at the onset of mechanical ventilation. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.09.043