ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE, FILLING PRESSURES, AND MORTALITY IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WITH PRIMARILY LEFT OR RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may have differential hemodynamic effects according to right ventricular (RV), left ventricular (LV) function and filling pressures. We assessed the association between PEEP and outcomes in patients (pts) admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU)