Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Low tidal volume ventilation and prone positioning are recommended therapies yet underused in acute respiratory distress syndrome. We aimed to assess the role of interventions focused on implementation of low tidal volume ventilation and prone positioning in mechanically ventilated adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Data sources

PubMed, Excerpta Medica Database, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.

Study selection

We searched the four databases from January 1, 2001, to January 28, 2021, for studies that met the predefined search criteria. Selected studies focused on interventions to improve implementation of low tidal volume ventilation and prone positioning in mechanically ventilat

SUBMITTER: Giovanni SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8078296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature