Clinical Practice Guidelines on Mechanical Ventilation: Guideline Rundown Series

Mechanical Ventilation - Guidelines Rundown

Our Guidelines Rundown Series continues with a new article focusing on mechanical ventilation. There are many current guidelines on mechanical ventilation, published by over a half dozen different medical societies. These guidelines both cover mechanical ventilation in a broad sense, as well as in specific situations, such as prevention of VAP. Today we’re going to run down the list of clinical practice guidelines on mechanical ventilation:

Guidelines From American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC):

Spontaneous Breathing Trials for Liberation From Adult Mechanical Ventilation (March 2024)

Humidification During Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation (May 2012)

Artificial Airway Suctioning (February 2022)

Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance Therapies in Hospitalized Patients (June 2014)

Management of Pediatric Patients With Tracheostomy in the Acute Care Setting (January 2021)

Management of Adult Patients with Tracheostomy in the Acute Care Setting (January 2021)

Guidelines From American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Community-Acquired Pneumonia (October 2020)

Guidelines From American College of Physicians (ACP)

Appropriate Use of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen in Hospitalized Patients for Initial or Postextubation Management of Acute Respiratory Failure (April 2021)

Guidelines From American Heart Association (AHA)

Use of Advanced Airways, Vasopressors, and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Cardiac Arrest (November 2019)

Guidelines From American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Management of the Difficult Airway (November 2021)

Guidelines From the American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (May 2017)

Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Stable Hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (August 2020)

Noninvasive Ventilation For Acute Respiratory Failure (August 2017)

Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation (April 2016)

Guidelines From ATS & American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)

Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults (January 2017)

Guidelines From ATS & Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (July 2016)

Guidelines From Difficult Airway Society (DAS)

Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI) in Adults (November 2019)

Guidelines From Society For Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), IDSA, & Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Events, and Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals (May 2022)

Guidelines From Medical Society of Virginia (SMV)

Setting the Target Minute Ventilation in Adaptive Support Ventilation (September 2021)

That covers the list of current mechanical ventilation guidelines. Sign up for alerts and stay informed on the latest published guidelines and articles.