Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the main causes of mortality in critically ill patients. Injured lungs can be protected by optimum mechanical ventilator settings, using low tidal volume (VT) values and higher positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP); the benefits of this protective strategy on outcomes have been confirmed in several prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The question is whether healthy lungs need specific protective ventilatory settings when they are at risk of injury. We performed a systematic review of the scientific literature and a meta-analysis regarding the rationale of applying protective ventilatory strategies in patients at risk of ARDS in the perioperative period and in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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Sutherasan, Y., Vargas, M., & Pelosi, P. (2014). Protective Mechanical Ventilation in the Non-injured Lung: Review and Meta-analysis. In Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2014 (pp. 173–192). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03746-2_14
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