Risk factors for ventilator-induced-lung injury develop three to five times faster after a single episode of lung injury
Introduction: Mechanical ventilator breaths provided to deeply sedated patients have an abnormal volume distribution, encouraging alveolar collapse in dependent regions and promoting alveolar overdistention in non-dependent regions. Collapse and overdistention both start with the first breath and wo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cjrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/cjrt-2022-075.pdf |