A 48-year-old man on ICU has severe ARDS. His plateau pressure is 30 cmH2O, PEEP 14, driving pressure 16 cmH2O. The team considers that the driving pr...

Question

A 48-year-old man on ICU has severe ARDS. His plateau pressure is 30 cmH2O, PEEP 14, driving pressure 16 cmH2O. The team considers that the driving pressure exceeds the recommended target. According to Amato et al. (2015), what driving pressure threshold is associated with increased mortality?

Accepted Answer

Driving pressure >15 cmH2O - each 1 cmH2O increase above 15 is associated with increased mortality

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Driving pressure >10 cmH2O

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Driving pressure >20 cmH2O

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Driving pressure >30 cmH2O

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Driving pressure has no prognostic value

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): ARDS - Driving Pressure

A 48-year-old man on ICU has severe ARDS. His plateau pressure is 30 cmH2O, PEEP 14, driving pressure 16 cmH2O. The team considers that the driving pressure exceeds the recommended target. According to Amato et al. (2015), what driving pressure threshold is associated with increased mortality?