[Therapeutic options for patients with acute lung injury].
The treatment of acute lung injury is one of the most challenging tasks in intensive care medicine. Conventional therapeutic options cover lung protective mechanical ventilation with low tidal volumes and adequate PEEP, restrictive fluid management, prone positioning, and early recruitment maneuvers. These options should be used in parallel and should be accompanied by a suitable anti-infective therapy. In cases of refractory hypoxemia, inhaled nitric oxide offers in most patients a successful rescue option. In specialized centers the application of ECMO remains as a final ultima ratio.
Laudi
Sven
S
Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie des Universitätsklinikums Leipzig. sven.laudi@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Busch
Thilo
T
Bercker
Sven
S
Donaubauer
Bernd
B
Kaisers
Udo
U
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D009569:Nitric Oxide