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Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition

Mechanical ventilation

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Radcliff, V; MacIntyre, N

January 1, 2016

Mechanical ventilation in modern intensive care units is the process of using positive-pressure devices to support the transport of O2 and CO2 between the environment and the pulmonary capillary bed. The desired effect of mechanical ventilation is to maintain adequate levels of PO2 and PCO2 in arterial blood while also unloading the inspiratory muscles. Providing mechanical ventilatory assistance can be life sustaining—however, it is associated with significant risk and must be applied only when indications justify the risk. An understanding of the various ventilator modes, the physiologic effects of positive pressure, and the complications of mechanical ventilator support is paramount.

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Author Neil Ross MacIntyre Jr. Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

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10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_25

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January 1, 2016

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335 / 347

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Radcliff, V., & MacIntyre, N. (2016). Mechanical ventilation. In Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition (pp. 335–347). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_25

Radcliff, V., and N. MacIntyre. “Mechanical ventilation.” In Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition, 335–47, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_25.

Radcliff V, MacIntyre N. Mechanical ventilation. In: Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition. 2016. p. 335–47.

Radcliff, V., and N. MacIntyre. “Mechanical ventilation.” Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition, 2016, pp. 335–47. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_25.

Radcliff V, MacIntyre N. Mechanical ventilation. Surgical Intensive Care Medicine Third Edition. 2016. p. 335–347.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_25

Publication Date

January 1, 2016

Start / End Page

335 / 347