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Mechanical Ventilation 101

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A landmark study published by the ARDSNet group (NIH ARDS Network) in 2000 demonstrated that volume-assisted ventilation (AC) with a low tidal volume (6 ml/kg of predicted body weight) was associated with a significant reduction in 28-day all-cause mortality as compared to AC ventilation with traditional tidal volumes (12 ml/kg of PBW) in patients with ARDS.1 Such an approach is now considered the standard of care and applies to all mechanically ventilated patients, not just those with ARDS.2–4

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Paul Ellis Marik MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM, FACP, MD

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Marik, P.E. (2010). Mechanical Ventilation 101. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5923-2_14

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