Positive
end-expiratory pressure setting in adults with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Table 7 Positive
end-expiratory pressure Galileo Raphael Compliance 3 ml 10 ml 3 ml 10 ml RR 10 PEEP 20 20.
Maggiore SM, Jonson B, Richard J-C, Jaber S, Lemaire F, Brochard L (2001) Alveolar derecruitment at decremental positive
end-expiratory pressure levels in acute lung injury.
4 ETT=endotracheal tube, PEEP=positive
end-expiratory pressure, APACHE=Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation.
PEEP=positive
end-expiratory pressure, PAW=peak airway pressure, BMI=body mass index, Vt=tidal volume.
The obstructive respiratory pattern on physical findings and auto-positive
end-expiratory pressure in the flow pattern suggested peripheral airway obstruction.
2] 57), Vt 4 ml/kg of predicted body weight, positive
end-expiratory pressure 15 cm[H.
Their method involved positive pressure ventilation with a bellows and expiration, via a series of flap valves, into a jar of water which provided positive
end-expiratory pressure to keep the lungs inflated.
PDT was performed by Ciaglia's method and patients were excluded from the study if they had an unstable cervical spine, gross thyroid swelling, prothrombin time >20 seconds or positive
end-expiratory pressure greater than 5 cm[H.
Low tidal volume ventilation, permissive hypercapnia and high positive
end-expiratory pressure have been suggested as ways to reduce ventilator-associated lung injury during mechanical ventilation (2).
After correction of hypotension, the addition of positive
end-expiratory pressure was instituted to assist lung re-expansion and impede further intrapleural gas collection (12,22).
The Laerdal Ambu valves, used for the patient connection on both the DPA01 and Glostavent systems, were each fitted with a standard Ambu positive
end-expiratory pressure diverter.