PEEP to Prevent Adult Respiratory-Distress Syndrome

Luis Teba; Harakh V. Dedhia; Susan Ryerson; H. Barrie Fairley; Jeffrey A. Katz; Paul E. Pepe; Leonard D. Hudson; C. James Carrico

doi:10.1056/NEJM198411153112016

PEEP to Prevent Adult Respiratory-Distress Syndrome

Luis Teba, Harakh V. Dedhia, Susan Ryerson, H. Barrie Fairley, Jeffrey A. Katz, Paul E. Pepe, Leonard D. Hudson, C. James Carrico

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To the Editor: The absence of benefits observed by Pepe et al. (Aug. 2 issue)¹ in the prevention of the adult respiratory-distress syndrome by early application of prophylactic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and the editorial in the same issue could be misleading to the practicing critical-care physician. The failure of early PEEP to provide any significant protection in the high-risk group is no surprise to us, since the pathogenesis of this syndrome is complex and still not completely understood. It seems illogical to expect that by merely maintaining pressures of 8 cm H₂O in the airways at the.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1321-1322
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	311
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198411153112016
State	Published - Nov 15 1984

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Teba, L., Dedhia, H. V., Ryerson, S., Fairley, H. B., Katz, J. A., Pepe, P. E., Hudson, L. D., & Carrico, C. J. (1984). PEEP to Prevent Adult Respiratory-Distress Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine, 311(20), 1321-1322. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198411153112016

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