Respiratory failure & ventilation
Prehospital Positive End-expiratory Pressure (PEEP) for Acute Respiratory Distress: Protocol for a Scoping Review
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥ 18 years) with acute respiratory distress receiving PEEP-based ventilation (continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), BiPAP, adjustable pressure-limiting (APL) valves) in the prehospital setting
Methodological detailsJBI methodology, PRISMA-ScR reporting, two independent reviewers, Search of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR); eligible designs RCTs, observational studies, case series and well-described case reports, Quality appraisal with the Jadad Scale (randomised trials) and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (cohort and case-control studies); narrative synthesis
- JBI methodology
- PRISMA-ScR reporting
- Two independent reviewers
- Search of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL and CDSR; eligible designs RCTs, observational studies, case series and well-described case reports
- Quality appraisal with the Jadad Scale (randomised trials) and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (cohort and case-control studies); narrative synthesis
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
Prehospital PEEP for Acute Respiratory Distress: Protocol for a Scoping Review. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 29 July 2026. doi:10.
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