title: Use of hypothermia to allow low-tidal-volume ventilation in a patient with ARDS.
abstract: Low-tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in patients with ARDS, but there are often challenges in implementing lung-protective ventilation, such as acidosis from hypercapnia. In a patient with severe ARDS we achieved adequate ventilation with a very low tidal volume (4 mL/kg ideal  body weight) by inducing mild hypothermia (body temperature 35-36°C).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berra
authors.forename: Asheesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safford
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goulet
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lander
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D013990:Tidal Volume