Mechanical Ventilation for Dummies
Mechanical Ventilation for Dummies
Mechanical Ventilation for Dummies
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Ventilator Management<br />
• Peak Insp Pressure (PIP) vs.<br />
• Plateau airway<br />
pressure (P plat)<br />
• Transairway pressure<br />
– PIP-Pplat<br />
• Obstruction<br />
• Secretions<br />
• RAD<br />
P aw<br />
(cm H 2O)<br />
O)<br />
Components of Inflation<br />
Pressure<br />
A<br />
1<br />
Begin Begin Begin Inspiration Begin Expiration<br />
2<br />
B<br />
1. PIP<br />
2. P plat/Alveolar plat plat/Alveolar /Alveolar<br />
plat/Alveolar<br />
Pressure<br />
A. Airway Resistance<br />
B. Distending Pressure<br />
Time (sec)<br />
CLINICAL UTILITY OF VENTILATOR GRAPHICS<br />
Vijay Deshpande, MS, RRT, FAARC
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