Data to be abstracted from eligible studies included in the scoping review
| Domain | Categories |
| Study identifiers | First author, journal, year of publication, country of publication, publication type |
| Study design | Study type or design, multicentre versus single centre, country/countries of participants, funding source |
| Participants | No of participants, patient population, underlying disease severity, study setting |
| Results | Method (s) of selecting PEEP, comparator, tidal volumes within experimental and control groups |
| Outcomes | Clinical outcomes could include mortality, length of stay, ventilation outcomes or others. Respiratory or physiological outcomes could include P/F ratio, oxygenation, compliance, plateau pressure, driving pressure or others. |
PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; P/F, Partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) to fraction of inspired oxygen .