Effects on Mortality of a Lung Recruitment Ventilation Strategy Using Titrated vs Low PEEP in Patients With ARDS

Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, MD, PhD, discusses the design, settings, interventions, and hypotheses of the Alveolar Recruitment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trial (ART), which demonstrated an increase in mortality among patients with ARDS with use of a lung recruitment ventilation strategy using titrated PEEP. Recorded September 27, 2017. Used with permission.