Respiratory failure & ventilation
A survey of preferences for respiratory support in the intensive care unit for patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure
An erratum to this article was published (Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, Mar 2024 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
The responses from this international survey suggest that there is clinical equipoise for the preferred ventilator mode in patients with AHRF of moderate severity.
Study context
- Population
- Intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians (international network of ICU researchers, 12 countries) managing invasively ventilated adults with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure1,337 recipients
- Participants
- 415 clinicians
- Exposure
- Spontaneous vs controlled ventilation preferences
- Outcome
- Preferred ventilator mode by AHRF severity
Methodological detailsonline survey, international, 32 interlinked questions
- Online survey
- International
- 32 interlinked questions
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Support for an RCT of spontaneous vs controlled ventilation in moderate AHRF
90%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Respondent characteristics
- Response rate
- 31%
- Completed fully
- 52%
- Completed partially
- 48%
- Medical specialists
- 87%
- Physicians in training
- 11%
Original publication
A survey of preferences for respiratory support in the intensive care unit for patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 22 September 2023. doi:10.
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