TY - JOUR T1 - Airway pressure release ventilation: An alternative mode of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 101 LP - 110 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10032 VL - 78 IS - 2 AU - Ariel Modrykamien AU - Robert L. Chatburn AU - Rendell W. Ashton Y1 - 2011/02/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/2/101.abstract N2 - 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. ER -