Lung Recruitment Can Improve Oxygenation in Patients Ventilated in Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/Pressure Support Mode

摘要

BackgroundRecruitment maneuvers are often used in critical care patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Although continuous positive airway pressure/pressure support (CPAP/PS) ventilation is a frequently used approach, but whether lung recruitment also improves oxygenation in spontaneously breathing patients has not been investigated yet. The primary objective was to analyze the effect of recruitment maneuver on oxygenation in patients ventilated in CPAP/PS mode.