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    lung-protective strategy

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    In patients treated with mechanical ventilation, the use of tidal volumes of 6 mL/kg of predicted body weight or less for each machine-generated breath. Higher tidal volumes have been consistently associated with increased mortality in patients with acute lung injuries and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
    SYN: SEE: lung-protective ventilatory mechanical ventilation

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    TY - ELEC T1 - lung-protective strategy ID - 732756 ED - Venes,Donald, BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary UR - https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732756/all/lung_protective_strategy PB - F.A. Davis Company ET - 23 DB - Taber's Online DP - Unbound Medicine ER -