ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome


Diagnosis

Ventilator strategies

Medical interventions

  • Meduri Protocol
  • inhaled NO and prostacyclins showed improvement in oxygenation for ARDS without mortality benefit 1

ECMO

Literature Notes

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

Footnotes

  1. http://pulmcast.com/mind-palace/2017/3/28/87tgbtindf66y8poht0r9s3ae77w3c