Counterpoint: Should Paralytic Agents Be Routinely Used in Severe ARDS Counterpoint: Should Paralytic Agents Be Routinely Used in Severe ARDS? No Curtis N. Sessler, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 144, Issue 5, Pages 1442-1445 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1462 Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Average Pao2/Fio2 vs average PEEP on day 3 for subjects from Papazian et al4 and from subjects randomized to the low-PEEP and high-PEEP groups in Mercat et al,8 Meade et al,9 Brower et al,10 and Talmor et al.11 PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure. CHEST 2013 144, 1442-1445DOI: (10.1378/chest.13-1462) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions