Ventilator setting in ICUs: comparing a Dutch with a European cohort

• Published in: Netherlands journal of medicine Vol. 72; no. 9; pp. 473 - 480
• Main Authors: van IJzendoorn, M C O, Koopmans, M, Strauch, U, Heines, S, den Boer, S, Kors, B M, van der Voort, P H J, Dennesen, P J W, van den Hul, I, Alberts, E, Egbers, P, Esteban, A, Frutos-Vivar, F, Kuiper, M A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data; Male; Middle Aged; Netherlands; Noninvasive Ventilation - utilization; Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology; Positive-Pressure Respiration - methods; Positive-Pressure Respiration - utilization; Prospective Studies; Sepsis - epidemiology; Tidal Volume

From data collected during the third International Study on Mechanical Ventilation (ISMV), we compared data from a Dutch cohort with a European cohort. We hypothesised that tidal volumes were smaller and applied positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) was higher in the Netherlands, compared with the...