GuidelineCurrent

ESICM — Guidelines on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Definition, Phenotyping and Respiratory Support Strategies

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, 2023

Consider neuromuscular blockade in patients with early, severe ARDS, while recognizing the certainty of evidence for a mortality benefit is low.

Conditional recommendationLow certainty

Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Acute, diffuse inflammatory lung injury causing hypoxemia and bilateral infiltrates not fully explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload.