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Assessment of dead-space ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective observational study
BACKGROUND: Physiological dead space (V(D)/V(T)) represents the fraction of ventilation not participating in gas exchange. In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), V(D)/V(T) has prognostic value and can be used to guide ventilator settings. However, V(D)/V(T) is rarely calculated...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27145818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1311-8 |