Reading Time: 3 minutes Understanding the differences in peak and plateau airway pressures is essential for diagnosing changes in the patient/ventilator system.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes It is inherently true that extremely high pressures delivered by the ventilator may lead to lung injury. It is natural to have some inherent dread about high Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP), but there is more to it than just PIP.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Waveform interpretation is a skill similar to EKG analysis and requires experience and practice. Learn about some advanced ventilation waveform interpretation in this post!
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The equation of motion is a mathematical description of the forces that drive ventilation, and the way these forces are spent in doing so. For the uninitiated reader, this may sound a bit esoteric with little clinical relevance, but nothing could be further from the truth.