Influence of Critical Care Transport Ventilator Management on Intensive Care Unit Care.

Journal: Air medical journal
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: High tidal volume ventilation is associated with ventilator-induced lung injury. Early introduction of lung protective ventilation improves patient outcomes. This study describes ventilator management during critical care transport and the association between transport ventilator settings and ventilator settings in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Authors

  • Matthew A Roginski
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Electronic address: matthew.a.roginski@hitchcock.org.
  • Charles P Burney
    Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
  • Emily G Husson
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
  • Kelsey R Harper
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
  • Patricia Ruth A Atchinson
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
  • Jeffrey C Munson
    Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH.