Farooq Ahmed, Farooq Ahmed.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); reduced tidal volume vs traditional tidal volume.
Professional Med J Jan ;13(2):206-10.

Objectives: .To assess the safety, potential efficacy, morbidity and mortality of a small tidal volume mechanical ventilation strategy designed to reduce stretch induced lung injury in ARDS. Design: A prospective interventional experimental Setting: CMH Rawalpindi:.. Period: .1st Sept 2001 to 30t June 2002. Material & Methods: ARDS is a disease associated with high rate of mortality. It was a prospective interventional experimental study of 50 patients who underwent ventilatory support at intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Results: In both the Traditional Tidal Volume(TTV) and Small Tidal Volume (STV) groups 15 of 26 patients [58%] achieved Reversal of Respiratory Failure (RRF). Of the patients who achieved RRF, the mean number of days on positive pressure ventilation were 11.9±1.9 and 11.3 ± 2.2 days for the TV and STV patients respectively [not significant]. The mean number of days from the first day that weaning from MV was allowed (when Fl 02 was

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