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Area of Science:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine

Background:

  • Low tidal volume mechanical ventilation improves outcomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and non-ARDS patients.
  • Emergency departments (EDs) frequently manage mechanically ventilated patients.
  • Optimizing initial ventilator settings in the ED is crucial for patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize patients requiring mechanical ventilation in the ED.
  • To describe initial ventilator settings used in the ED.
  • To assess the association between ED lung protective ventilation strategies and patient outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Multicenter, prospective, observational study.
  • Included 433 patients across 3 academic EDs.
  • Defined lung protective ventilation as tidal volume ≤ 8 mL/kg predicted body weight.

Main Results:

  • 60.3% of patients received lung protective ventilation.
  • Most patients received low positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and high fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2).
  • Mean ED ventilation duration was over 5 hours with minimal ventilator adjustments.
  • No significant difference in outcomes (mortality, LOS) between lung protective and non-lung protective ventilation groups.

Conclusions:

  • A significant proportion of ED patients (nearly 40%) received non-lung protective ventilation with low PEEP and high FiO2.
  • Limited ventilator adjustments were made despite prolonged ED ventilation times.
  • Initial ED ventilator strategies did not demonstrate a significant impact on patient outcomes in this cohort.