Purpose Severe ARDS is often associated with refractory hypoxemia, and early identification
and treatment of hypoxemia is mandatory. For the management of severe ARDS ventilator …

Abstract The French Intensive Care Society organized its yearly Paris International
Conference in intensive care on June 18–19, 2015. The main purpose of this meeting is to …

Importance The effects of recruitment maneuvers and positive end-expiratory pressure
(PEEP) titration on clinical outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome …

Rationale: Previous trials of higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) failed to demonstrate mortality benefit, possibly …

Rationale: Optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is unknown in patients with
severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) on extracorporeal membrane …

Objectives: We recently described how spontaneous effort during mechanical ventilation can
cause “pendelluft,” that is, displacement of gas from nondependent (more recruited) lung to …

Objective: Positive end-expiratory pressure exerts its effects keeping open at end-expiration
previously collapsed areas of the lung; consequently, higher positive end-expiratory …

O suporte ventilatório artificial invasivo e não invasivo ao paciente crítico tem evoluído e
inúmeras evidências têm surgido, podendo ter impacto na melhora da sobrevida e da …

Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a core intensive care unit (ICU) therapy.
Significant inter-and intra-patient variability in lung mechanics and condition makes …

Purpose To assess the effects of alveolar recruitment maneuvers (ARMs) on clinical
outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Methods We …