Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Publication Date: May 1, 2017
Last Updated: December 16, 2022

Recommendations

The ATS, ESICM, and SCCM recommend that adult patients with ARDS receive mechanical ventilation with strategies that limit tidal volumes (4–8 ml/kg predicted body weight –PBW2) and inspiratory pressures (plateau pressure <30 cm HO) (S, M)
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Overview

Title

Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Authoring Organizations

American Thoracic Society

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Society of Critical Care Medicine