Positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome: when should we turn up the pressure?

Affiliations

¹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto; and, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and, Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Ewan C Goligher et al. Crit Care Med. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;42(2):448-50.

doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000435685.00716.48.

¹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto; and, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and, Keenan Research Center, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Bedside selection of positive end-expiratory pressure in mild, moderate, and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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