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Dec 2, 2024 | rc.rcjournal.com | Daedalus Enterprises

This month's Editor’s Choice is a single-center, retrospective review of electronic health record data comparing adaptive pressure control (APC)-continuous mandatory ventilation to volume control (VC)-continuous mandatory ventilation. Tran et al used multivariable logistic regression to identify variables associated with the initial mode and duration of use of each mode, as well as the number of ventilator setting changes per day. Sedation, as a function of mode, was also compared.

Nov 1, 2024 | rc.rcjournal.com | Daedalus Enterprises

This month’s Editor’s Choice compares web-based simulator training to on-site simulator training in mechanical ventilation of critical care fellows. Safadi and colleagues provided a course on mechanical ventilation followed by the two simulation methods (web-based vs a physical simulator and test lung), and compared test scores regarding ventilator waveform identification. They found no differences in scores between groups using a 5-question exam.

Nov 1, 2024 | rc.rcjournal.com | Esther Tang |Albert Chan |Lowell Ling |Daedalus Enterprises

Sep 1, 2024 | rc.rcjournal.com | Daedalus Enterprises

This month's Editor’s Choice is a report of implementation of a respiratory therapist (RT) driven protocol to improve adherence to lung protective ventilation. Berg and colleagues implemented a protocol in all adult ICUs of an academic medical center. The protocol targeted low tidal volume, appropriate PEEP, normoxia, head of bed elevation, and prevention of tachypnea. They determined adherence to lung protective guidelines and clinical outcomes retrospectively in subjects ventilated for > 24 h.

Jun 1, 2024 | rc.rcjournal.com | Gerard J. Criner |Daedalus Enterprises