Bedside selection of positive end-expiratory pressure by electrical impedance tomography in hypoxemic patients: a feasibility study.

Nilde EroniaTommaso MauriElisabetta MaffezziniStefano GattiAlfio BroncoLaura AlbanFilippo BindaTommaso SassoCristina MarenghiGiacomo GrasselliGiuseppe FotiAntonio PesentiGiacomo Bellani

Published in: Annals of intensive care (2017)

In hypoxemic patients, a PEEP selection strategy aimed at stabilizing alveolar recruitment guided by EIT at the bedside was feasible and safe. This strategy led, in comparison with the ARDSnet table, to higher PEEP, improved oxygenation and reduced driving pressure, allowing to estimate the relative weight of overdistension and recruitment.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
physical activity
magnetic resonance imaging
intensive care unit
respiratory failure