Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2010)

Prophylactic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure and Postintubation Hemodynamics: An Interventional, Randomized Study

  • Olivier Lesur,
  • Marie-Anaïs Remillard,
  • Catherine St-Pierre,
  • Simon Falardeau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/269581
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. e45 – e50

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hemodynamic and outcome effects of implementing prophylactic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) versus zero end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP) in patients during the postintubation period in the emergency setting.