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Use of low tidal volume (TV) and ideal body weight (IBW) to determine the appropriate TV are common: 54.9% of respondents apply a low TV of 6 ml/kg or less and 60% of them use IBW. However, applying a TV of 7 ml/kg is also frequent and 38% of respondents use actual or estimated body weight to determine the appropriate TV and 2% of them do not take the patient’s weight into account (RBW).
