ACUTE respiratory acidosis is being recognized with increasing frequency in patients with chronic lung disease. It is a life-threatening complication demanding immediate and vigorous treatment, which ...

A discrepancy between the predicted ventilation standards and the actual ventilation requirements may be caused by an increase in the physiologic dead space or by an increased carbon dioxide ...

Hypoxemia is defined as a condition where arterial oxygen tension or partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) is below the normal value, which is typically between 80 and 100 mmHg. Alveolar ventilation is ...

Artificial ventilation can save lives, but it also puts pressure on lung tissue. If the lungs are pre-damaged, pressurized ventilation can even have undesirable effects. This is especially true of ...

1. The ARDS Network. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the ARDS. N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1301-1308 2. Richard NC, Maggiore SM, ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...

Noninvasive ventilation, specifically non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure delivered by mask, has now become standard care for the management of a number ...