Current Status of New Modes of Mechanical Ventilation

Current approaches to managing patients requiring ventilatory support have focused on a lung protective strategy. This approach limits peak alveolar pressure and tidal volume, and allows hypercapnia. Although hypercapnia is tolerated by many patients, in some the acute acidosis markedly complicates...

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Main Author: Robert M Kacmarek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/248358
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