Pressure‐controlled ventilation vs volume‐controlled ventilation: ICU mortality
Pressure‐controlled ventilation probably leads to lower mortality in ICU compared with volume‐controlled ventilation (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pressure‐controlled ventilation vs volume‐controlled ventilation Mortality in ICU · patients with acute respiratory failure due to acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) Pressure‐controlled ventilation probably leads to lower mortality in ICU compared with volume‐controlled ventilation (moderate certainty). Pressure‐controlled versus volume‐controlled ventilation for acute respiratory failure due to acute lung… (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.84 [0.71, 0.99] | 2 studies · 1062 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure‐controlled versus volume‐controlled ventilation for acute respiratory failure due to acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.