Preventing Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury: A Perioperative Perspective

Satoshi Kimura, Nicoleta Stoicea, Byron Rafael Rosero Britton, Muhammad Shabsigh, Aly Branstiter, David L. Stahl

Frontiers in Medicine · 2016 · 11 citations · 44 references

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Abstract

Lung protective ventilation strategies, including low tidal volume ventilation and moderate positive end-expiratory pressure, are well established therapies to minimize lung injury in critically ill patients with and without lung disease, and may provide benefit to patients undergoing general anesthesia.

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