Background Mechanical-ventilation strategies that use lower end-inspiratory (plateau)
airway pressures, lower tidal volumes (V T ), and higher positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEPs…

Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the use
of mechanical ventilation in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). …

Context Low-tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in critically ill patients with acute lung
injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Instituting additional strategies to open …

A nonprobability sampling design is chosen when investigators cannot estimate the chance
of a given individual being included in the sample. Such designs enable investigators to …

Context Between March and July 2009, the largest number of confirmed cases of 2009
influenza A(H1N1) infection occurred in North America. Objective To describe characteristics, …

Context Trials comparing higher vs lower levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
in adults with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been …

Background A strategy of mechanical ventilation that limits airway pressure and tidal volume
while permitting hypercapnia has been recommended for patients with the acute respiratory …

Background Previous trials suggesting that high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
reduced mortality among adults with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were …

Rationale: Recent literature in mechanical ventilation includes strong evidence from
randomized trials. Little information is available regarding the influence of these trials on usual …

T donors who are associated with TRALI events and how to reduce the risk of TRALI for
recipients of blood products. To address these issues, a Consensus Conference was convened …