Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV): do good things come to those who can wait?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

Editorial

Thomas Bein et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;10(2):667-669.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.107.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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