Implementing a bedside assessment of respiratory mechanics in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite their potential interest for clinical management, measurements of respiratory mechanics in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are seldom performed in routine practice. We introduced a systematic assessment of respiratory mechanics in our clinical practice. After the first year of clinical use, we retrospectively assessed whether these measurements had any influence on clinical management and physiological parameters associated with clinical outcomes by comparing their value before and after performing the test.

Methods

The respiratory mechanics assessment constituted a set of bedside measurements to determine passive lung and chest wall mechanics, response to positive end-expiratory pressure, and alveolar derecruitment. It was obtaine

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5379641 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature