'Lung-protective' ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: still a challenge?

Flavia Julie do Amaral Pfeilsticker¹, Ary Serpa Neto^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Flavia Julie do Amaral Pfeilsticker et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;9(8):2238-2241.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.145.

Flavia Julie do Amaral Pfeilsticker¹, Ary Serpa Neto^{1

2}

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
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