OSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESsure (PEEP) is an essential component of the management of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). 1 PEEP improves hypoxemia and decreases intrapulmonary shunting, and these effects have been the basis for titrating PEEP in clinical practice. 2 Numerous experimental studies showed that PEEP protected the lung in various models of ventilationinduced lung injury. 3-6 Although the mechanisms of this protective effect are not fully elucidated, they may be mediated by PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment, which avoids cyclic air-See also pp 637, 691, and 693.
Compared with a noninvasive management strategy, an invasive management strategy was significantly associated with fewer deaths at 14 days, earlier attenuation of organ dysfunction, and less antibiotic use in patients suspected of having ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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