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ventilation
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If stimuli increase or decrease the volume of air inspired and/or the rate of breathing, this decides the amount of alveolar ventilation, which determines the PaCO2 measured in arterial blood.
The straight scoop on neonates and pediatrics by Masini, Douglas / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
Because prone positioning (PP) has been shown to be a safe way to reduce airway pressure and to improve alveolar ventilation, we decided to assess its effect on right ventricular (RV) pressure overload in ARDS patients.
Prone positioning unloads the right ventricle in severe ARDS by Vieillard-Baron, A.; Charron, C.; Cailee, V.; Belliard, G. / Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
These effects have been found to promote more uniform alveolar ventilation (Barbas 2003; Matthews and Noviski 2001), reduce intrapulmonary shunt, and improve ventilation/ perfusion matching and oxygenation (Marraro 2003, Pelosi et al 1998).
A recruitment manoeuvre performed after endotracheal suction does not ... by Morrow, Brenda; Futter, Merle; Argent, Andrew / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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