Partial ventilatory support modalities in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome-a systematic review.

Partial ventilatory support modalities in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome-a systematic review.

The efficacy of partial ventilatory support modes that allow spontaneous breathing in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is unclear. The objective of this scoping review was to assess the effects of partial ventilatory support on mortality, duration...

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Main Authors: Sarah M McMullen, Maureen Meade, Louise Rose, Karen Burns, Sangeeta Mehta, Robert Doyle, Dietrich Henzler, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3420868?pdf=render

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