Synopsis: The longer patients go receiving >6 mL/kg tidal volumes for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the higher their mortality. Source: Needham DM, Yang T, Dinglas VD, et al. Timing of low tidal volume ventilation and intensive care unit mortality in ARDS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015; 191:177-185. (Source: Clinical Pulmonary Medicine)