ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation – Part 1
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Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] While the lung in the throes of acute respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS] is shrunken, edematous and inflamed, a basic management maneuver is to ‘recruit’ lost pulmonary surface area. In other words, unfold alveolar-capillary units with the ventilator like a respirothoracic party horn. One ‘unconventional’ method of maximizing and maintaining lung volume is airway pressure release ventilation [APRV].
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation – Part 1
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Airway Pressure…
ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation – Part 1
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] While the lung in the throes of acute respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS] is shrunken, edematous and inflamed, a basic management maneuver is to ‘recruit’ lost pulmonary surface area. In other words, unfold alveolar-capillary units with the ventilator like a respirothoracic party horn. One ‘unconventional’ method of maximizing and maintaining lung volume is airway pressure release ventilation [APRV].
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