The PHARLAP open lung approach showed promising short term benefit earlier on in the year in ARDS, but now the evidence for recruitment manoeuvres alone has been meta-analysed by Suzumura. Nearly 1600 patients. No standardized strategy, illness severity or timing. They at least seem safe but outcome gain is less clear. An attempt at isolating the studies with …
Proning in ICU is 40 years old now. Meta-analyse 11 high-quality studies in a thorough manner (including blinding to authors!) and it appears strikingly good, with an NNT of 11 – definitely better than protective ventilation alone. Do it in the severely hypoxic (P/F <100 mmHg), do it early (within 72 hours), do it for …
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