Title: Recruitment Maneuvers<br/>Author: Michael Winters<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/141/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong><u>Recruitment Maneuvers for ARDS</u></strong></p>
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Patients with ARDS who are ventilated with lung protective settings are at risk of derecruitment/collapse of lung units.</li>
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Recruitment maneuvers are processes that transiently increase transpulmonary pressure to open collapsed units.</li>
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These maneuvers can improve oxygenation and have been used in patients with ARDS and those with refractory hypoxemia.</li>
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The various types of recruitment methods include:
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Airway pressure-based maneuver: a continuous positive airway pressure of 35-45 cm H<sub>2</sub>O is applied for 30-40 seconds</li>
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Ventilator modes: Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)</li>
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Prone positioning</li>
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Adverse events can occur with recruitment maneuvers and include hypotension, hypoxia, and pneumothorax (rare).</li>
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Keenan JC, et al. Lung recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome: what is the best strategy? <em>Curr Opin Crit Care</em> 2014; 20:63-8.</p>
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