Background and Objectives: This article’s objective is to summarize published ARDS ventilation strategies. This is very important since mechanical ventilation as a therapeutic measure has been under constant evaluation and many articles have been published on it. Contents: This is a 29 articles and one book review selected from a keyword search in MEDLINE. Conclusions: Despite of the great number of articles published on ARDS, most of them suggest a so-called ‘lung-protection’ strategy based on low tidal volume and high PEEP levels. Other adjuvant measures would be serial thoracic computerized tomography, PaO2 adjustments, nitric oxide inhalation, prone position and ECMO.
DISEASE; VENTILATION