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Review
. 2011 Feb;78(2):101-10.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.10032.

Airway pressure release ventilation: an alternative mode of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Ariel Modrykamien  1 , Robert L Chatburn, Rendell W Ashton
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Airway pressure release ventilation: an alternative mode of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Ariel Modrykamien et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Feb.
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  • Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Apr;78(4):240

Abstract

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.

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