EARLY APPLICATION OF POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE IN PATIENTS AT RISK FOR THE ADULT RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS SYNDROME
EARLY APPLICATION OF POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE IN PATIENTS AT RISK FOR THE ADULT RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS SYNDROME
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198408023110502
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
CARRICO, CJ
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作者:
PEPE, PE;HUDSON, LD;CARRICO, CJ
The early application of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) possibly reduces the incidence of the adult respiratory-distress syndrome. Patients (92) with a known risk for this syndrome received mechanical ventilation either without PEEP (control) or with early PEEP at 8 cm H2O. These therapies continued for 72 h unless respiratory distress developed or arterial O2 tension was above 140 (fractional inspired O2 concentration, 0.5) at 24 h or later and remained at that level after removal of PEEP. The study was designed to have an 80% probability of detecting a 60% reduction in the incidence of the syndrome. The treatment groups were comparable in age, severity of injury, number and type of risk factors for adult respiratory-distress syndrome and initial oxygenation. The syndrome developed in 11 of 44 patients given early PEEP (25%) and in 13 of 48 control patients (27%). The incidence of atelectasis, pneumonia and barotrauma was the same in both groups, as was mortality. The early application of PEEP at 8 cm H2O in high-risk patients had no effect on the incidence of the adult respiratory-distress syndrome or other, associated complications.