Resp Care
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Adoption of lower tidal volume ventilation improves with feedback and education.
To determine whether feedback and education improve adoption of lung-protective mechanical ventilation (ie, with lower tidal volume [V(T)]). ⋯ Adoption of a lower-V(T) ventilation strategy in patients with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome is far from complete in the Netherlands. Adoption of a lower-V(T) strategy improves after feedback and education.