Practice of diagnosis and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome in mainland China: a cross-sectional study.

Conclusions: Despite general acceptance of low Vt and limited Pplat, high driving pressure, low PEEP and low use of adjunctive measures may still be a concern in mainland China, especially in patients with severe ARDS. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01666834; date of registration release: August 14th 2012. PMID: 30416787 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research