RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Low-stretch ventilation improves survival
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 435
OP 440
VO 67
IS 6
A1 Wiedemann, Herbert P.
A1 Arroliga, Alejandro C.
YR 2000
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/6/435.abstract
AB In a recent major study, patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury were randomly assigned to have their respirators set to deliver tidal volumes of either 6 mL/kg or a more-traditional 12 mL/kg. Mortality in the low-tidal-volume group was 31.0%, compared with 39.8% in the traditional-tidal-volume group, a 22% difference (P= .007).