The global inhomogeneity index assessed by electrical impedance tomography overestimates PEEP requirement in patients with ARDS: an observational study.

Serge J H Heines Sebastiaan A M de JonghUlrich StrauchIwan C C van der Horst Marcel C G van de Poll Dennis C J J Bergmans

Published in: BMC anesthesiology (2022)

Currently, no golden standard to titrate PEEP is available. We showed that when using the GI, PEEP requirements are higher compared to ODCL and best dynamic compliance during a PEEP trial in patients with and without ARDS.

Keyphrases

acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
clinical trial
study protocol
magnetic resonance imaging
intensive care unit
randomized controlled trial
computed tomography
magnetic resonance