Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Decompensated Heart Failure

Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Decompensated Heart Failure

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for respiratory failure, including decompensated congestive heart failure. MV can reduce ventricular preload and afterload, decrease extra-vascular lung water, and decrease the work of breathing in heart failure. The advantages of positive pr...

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Main Authors: Brooks T. Kuhn, Laura A. Bradley, Timothy M. Dempsey, Alana C. Puro, Jason Y. Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Subjects:
mechanical ventilation
congestive heart failure
weaning
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/3/4/33

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