ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome
- related: ICU intensive care unit
- tags: #literature
Diagnosis
Ventilator strategies
- ventilation strategies for ARDS includes low tidal volume, high peep, target plateau pressure of 30
- table for low tidal volume mechanical ventilation and PEEP FiO2
- use proning for severe hypoxemia in ARDS
Medical interventions
- Meduri Protocol
- inhaled NO and prostacyclins showed improvement in oxygenation for ARDS without mortality benefit 1
ECMO
Literature Notes
- Proseva Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome trial
- ACURASYS trial showed cisatracurium nimbex for ARDS lowered mortality
- FACTT Trial showed restrictive fluid strategy leads to mortality improvement
- DEXA ARDS showed improvement in mortality with high dose dexamethasone
- CESAR trial showed ECMO reduced mortality in ARDS
Fluid Balance
Sedation
Steroids
Severe ARDS Treatment
Neuromuscular Blockade
APRV
APRV has been shown to be comfortable to patients and may
reduce ventilator days
- Initial settings: Phigh 30, Plow 0, Thigh 5.4, Tlow 0.6.
ECMO
Links to this note
- ICU intensive care unit
- FACTT Trial showed restrictive fluid strategy leads to mortality improvement
- Proseva Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome trial
- table for low tidal volume mechanical ventilation and PEEP FiO2
- DEXA ARDS showed improvement in mortality with high dose dexamethasone
- diagnosing ARDS
- use proning for severe hypoxemia in ARDS
- ventilation strategies for ARDS includes low tidal volume, high peep, target plateau pressure of 30