Unexpected pulmonary mechanics during positive pressure mechanical ventilation in fibrotic lung disease with concomitant flail chest
Understanding of pulmonary mechanics is essential to understanding mechanical ventilation. Typically, clinicians are mindful of peak and plateau pressures displayed on the ventilator and lung compliance, which is decreased in lung disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Decreased lung c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122002246 |