- A method of ventilation which has become the routine in all ICU patients
- The core principles of lung-protective ventilation are:
Low Tidal Volumes (Vt)
- 5-7ml/kg ideal body weight (IBW)
- Usually coupled with a higher than the physiological respiratory rate to maintain minute volume
Low Driving Pressure
Use of PEEP
Permissive Hypercapnia
Avoidance of Hyperoxia