Efficacy and safety of an open lung ventilation strategy with staircase recruitment followed by comparison on two different modes of ventilation, in moderate ARDS in cirrhosis: A pilot randomized trial.

Background: Mechanical ventilation in cirrhosis with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is not widely studied. We aimed to study the effect of the staircase recruitment manoeuvre followed by two different modes of ventilation.

Methods: Thirty patients with cirrhosis with moderate ARDS underwent the staircase recruitment manoeuvre followed by randomisation to volume control or pressure control group.