Real-Time Effort Driven Ventilator Management: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mechanical ventilation of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome should balance lung and diaphragm protective principles, which may be difficult to achieve in routine clinical practice. Through a Phase I clinical trial, we sought to determine whether a computerized decision support-based protocol (real-time effort-driven ventilator management) is feasible to implement, results in improved acceptance for lung and diaphragm protective ventilation, and improves clinical outcomes over historical controls.

Design

Interventional nonblinded pilot study.

Setting

PICU.

Patients

Mechanically ventilated children with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Interventions

A computerized decision support tool was tested which prioritized lung-protec

SUBMITTER: Hotz JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609612 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature