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Table 3 Rescue strategies utilized in case of refractory respiratory failure

From: VENTILatOry strategies in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: the VENTILO Survey of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Type of rescue strategy

Respondents (n = 464)

- NMBAs

406 (88%)

- Recruitment manoeuvres

319 (69%)

- Prone position

292 (63%)

- Bronchoscopy

239 (52%)

- V-V ECMO

220 (47%)

- NO

115 (25%)

- Extracorporeal CO2 removal (DECAP®)

39 (8%)

- Prostacycline

38 (8%)

  1. Abbreviations: NMBAs neuromuscular blocking agents, V-V ECMO veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, NO nitric oxide, CO2 carbon dioxide
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