Mechanical Ventilation to Minimize Progression of Lung Injury in Acute Respiratory Failure.

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Summary

It is argued that application of a lung-protective ventilation, today best applied with sedation and endotracheal intubation, might be considered a prophylactic therapy, rather than just a supportive therapy, to minimize the progression of lung injury from a form of patient self-inflicted lung injury.

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2017-02-15
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Medicine, Mechanical ventilation, Respiratory failure, Intensive care medicine, Acute respiratory failure

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