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Although the beneficial effects of recruitment maneuvers (RM) during conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) are unclear and the incidence of adverse effects is unknown [1], RM seem to be widely employed. We investigated the use of RM in all Dutch pediatric (n = 8) and neonatal (n = 10) intensive care units. RM were defined as any intervention intended to increase the number of alveoli participating in ventilation. The results of this survey reveal that 8/8 PICUs and 7/10 NICUs perform RM regularly, either manually using a balloon (PICU 100%, NICU 85%) or mechanically by using the ventilator (PICU 100%, NICU 57%). Ventilator RM modes can be divided into isolated PIP elevation (8%), sustained PEEP elevation (25%) and combined elevation (58%). Maximal applied pressures are substantially higher in PICUs than in NICUs: (PICU 80%, NICU 46%). Manual RM after PEEP loss is mostly done by nursing staff; mechanical recruitment maneuvers are exclusively performed by medical staff. Effects of RM are evaluated by TcSaO 2 (PICU 100%, NICU 100%), PaO 2 (PICU 25%, NICU 28%), pressure–volume loop/minute ventilation measurements (PICU 25%, NICU 28%), and chest X-rays (PICU 25%, NICU 71%). Adverse effects reported are blood pressure decrease and oxygen desaturation (PICU 50%, NICU 28%); no gross barotrauma (pneu-mothorax, pulmonary emphysema) has been reported. These data show a diversity corresponding with numerous publications on RM with different strategies and inconsistent results which we recently reviewed extensively [1]. A combined PIP and PEEP elevation, as used by most centers, is theoretically the most effective mode, as recruitment and derecruitment are continuous processes throughout the ventilatory cycle, during which PIP recruits alveoli and PEEP maintains alveolar patency [2]. An isolated PIP increase – e.g. manual RM – carries the risk of alveolar overdistension and increased shear stress forces in non-stabilized alveoli, possibly leading to lung injury. Sustained elevation of PEEP level seems less injurious and increases pulmonary aeration in experimental studies [3]. Only after MV disconnection or endotracheal suctioning is temporary PIP increase rational, as it rapidly recruits collapsed alveoli [4] and repeated derecruitments are harmful [5]. Several studies indicate that in the late phase of respiratory failure RM rarely improve oxygenation. Interestingly, the phase of disease was not reported to influence RM indications. The maximal reported RM pressures – significantly higher in PICUs than in NICUs – are similar to those applied in clinical studies [1]. The recruitment pressures needed to open alveoli depend …

Use of recruitment maneuvers during mechanical ventilation in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in the Netherlands