What Works in a Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Knowledge and practice of using airway pressure release ventilation mode in ARDS patients: A survey of physicians

“…A similar finding was presented by Miller et al, in which 36 % of respondents exceeded the P-high limit [ 11 ]. P-plat equal to or greater than 30 cm H 2 O may result in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), such as barotrauma [ 17 ]. Given that P-plat is measured when there is no gas flow, the harm from exceeding P-high may be greater than the harm from exceeding P-plat.…”