Prone or PEEP, PEEP and prone

Journal article

Dear Editor, Recently in your journal, Sud et al. [1] reported on a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of mechanical ventilation in the prone position. They found a 16% reduction in relative risk of mortality among patients with baseline PaO2/FiO2 <100 mmHg, which was consistent with their a priori hypothesis that improved oxygenation during prone ventilation would be clinically important in patients at high risk of death from profound hypoxemia. Furthermore, post hoc analysi...

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Authors: Schultz, MJ; de Pont, A-C

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: Intensive Care Medicine
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 366-367
• Publication date: 2010-11-10
• DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-2070-7
• EISSN: 1432-1238
• ISSN: 0342-4642
• Language: English
• Keywords: Positive end-expiratory pressure; Anesthesiology; Intensive care medicine; Medicine; Mechanical ventilation; Prone position; Anesthesia; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Pain medicine