TY - JOUR AU - Fanelli, Vito AU - Ranieri, Marco V. AU - Mancebo, Jordi AU - Moerer, Onnen AU - Quintel, Michael AU - Morley, Scott AU - Moran, Indalecio AU - Parrilla, Francisco AU - Costamagna, Andrea AU - Gaudiosi, Marco AU - Combes, Alain PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/10 TI - Feasibility and safety of low-flow extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal to facilitate ultra-protective ventilation in patients with moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome JO - Critical Care SP - 36 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Mechanical ventilation with a tidal volume (VT) of 6 mL/kg/predicted body weight (PBW), to maintain plateau pressure (Pplat) lower than 30 cmH2O, does not completely avoid the risk of ventilator induced lung injury (VILI). The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and feasibility of a ventilation strategy consisting of very low VT combined with extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R). SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1211-y DO - 10.1186/s13054-016-1211-y ID - Fanelli2016 ER -