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. 1992 Jul;47(7):555–562. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.7.555

The pulmonary physician and critical care. 2. The injured lung: conventional and novel respiratory therapy.

A Swami 1, B F Keogh 1
PMCID: PMC463870  PMID: 1412102

Abstract

Several alternatives to conventional ventilation in acute lung injury are now available and have been investigated to a varying degree. The assessment of all such techniques is limited by difficulties in designing proper comparative studies and by the time needed to recruit a large number of appropriate patients with acute lung injury. A common theme of lung volume maintenance combined with strategies designed to limit the extent of ventilator induced lung damage has emerged and should encourage reassessment of the conventional approach. The results of several large prospective comparative studies are eagerly awaited. Meanwhile we may reasonably suggest that improvements in respiratory support, together with advances in microbiological and pharmacological treatment, have the potential for improving the persistently disappointing survival rate in acute lung injury.

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