State-of-the-ART Trial: Do Recruitment Maneuvers & Higher PEEP Raise Mortality?
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Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] “To believe in medicine would be the height of folly, if not to believe in it were not a greater folly still.” -Proust A 32 year old man with no past medical history save for a BMI of 51 is admitted with severe acute pancreatitis following a large intake of ethanol at a recent bachelor party. 72 hours into his hospitalization he becomes severely short of breath; he has gained 3 kg since admission but has no peripheral edema. Plain film of his chest reveals bilateral infiltrates; he is placed on a Venturi mask and his calculated PaO2:FiO2 ratio is 140
State-of-the-ART Trial: Do Recruitment Maneuvers & Higher PEEP Raise Mortality?
State-of-the-ART Trial: Do Recruitment…
State-of-the-ART Trial: Do Recruitment Maneuvers & Higher PEEP Raise Mortality?
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] “To believe in medicine would be the height of folly, if not to believe in it were not a greater folly still.” -Proust A 32 year old man with no past medical history save for a BMI of 51 is admitted with severe acute pancreatitis following a large intake of ethanol at a recent bachelor party. 72 hours into his hospitalization he becomes severely short of breath; he has gained 3 kg since admission but has no peripheral edema. Plain film of his chest reveals bilateral infiltrates; he is placed on a Venturi mask and his calculated PaO2:FiO2 ratio is 140