A Critical Care Clinician Survey Comparing Attitudes and Perceived Barriers to Low Tidal Volume Ventilation with Actual Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Low-Vt ventilation lowers mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) but is underused. Little is known about clinician attitudes toward and perceived barriers to low-Vt ventilation use and their association with actual low-Vt ventilation use.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to assess clinicians' attitudes toward and perceived barriers to low-Vt ventilation (Vt <6.5 ml/kg predicted body weight) in patients with ARDS, to identify differences in attitudes and perceived barriers among clinician types, and to compare attitudes toward and perceived barriers to actual low-Vt ventilation use in patients with ARDS.

Methods

We conducted a survey of critical care physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists at four non-ARDS Net

SUBMITTER: Weiss CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711279 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature