Effect of inspiratory time and flow settings during assist-control ventilation

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Laghi, Franco ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Edward Hines Jr Veterans Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; GAS FLOW; HERING BREUER REFLEX; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SLEEP; TIDAL VOLUME; WAKEFULNESS;

ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0037311278     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200302000-00008     Document Type: Review

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