Methods
• In esophageal-pressure guided group, mechanical ventilation settings
determined by initial esophageal pressure measurements.
• Tidal volume set at 6ml per kg predicted body weight.
• PEEP set to achieve a transpulmonary pressure of 0-10cm H2O at end
expiration, according to a sliding scale based on PaO2 and FiO2 – see
figure 1.
• Also limited tidal volume to keep transpulmonary pressure <25cmH2O at
end-inspiration (limit rarely approached during study and tidal volume was
never reduced for this purpose)……..
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Mechanical Ventilation Guided by Esophageal pressure in Acute Lung Injury/ARDS
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