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What is your approach to PEEP titration in the management of a morbidly obese patient with ARDS?

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Pulmonology · Tulane University School of Medicine
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Unfortunately, there is no definitive evidence on how to best adjust positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in morbidly obese patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as patients with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 35 kg/m2 were excluded from most of the large clinical tria...

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