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Does the tube-compensation function of two modern mechanical ventilators provide effective work of breathing relief?

OBJECTIVE: An endotracheal tube (ETT) imposes work of breathing on mechanically ventilated patients. Using a bellows-in-a-box model lung, we compared the tube compensation (TC) performances of the Nellcor Puritan-Bennett 840 ventilator and of the Dräger Evita 4 ventilator. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Yoshiko, Fujino, Yuji, Uchiyama, Akinori, Taenaka, Nobuyuki, Mashimo, Takashi, Nishimura, Masaji
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC270715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12974975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2343