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To the Editor: Experimental studies have provided unequivocal evidence that suboptimal patterns of mechanical ventilation can injure the lung.¹ The studies of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome reported by Weg et al. and Stewart et al. (Feb. 5 issue)^2,3 challenge this position. Another study reported in the same issue, by Amato et al.,⁴ suggests that a protective-ventilation strategy designed to minimize massive alveolar collapse and cyclic lung reopening and overdistention during mechanical ventilation improves the outcome.

We question the conclusions of Weg and coworkers. They conducted a retrospective analysis of data collected in a study designed to evaluate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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