Biomedical engineer’s guide to the clinical aspects of intensive care mechanical ventilation

Abstract Background Mechanical ventilation is an essential therapy to support critically ill respiratory failure patients. Current standards of care consist of generalised approaches, such as the use of positive end expiratory pressure to inspired oxygen fraction (PEEP–FiO2) tables, which fail to ac...

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Main Authors: Vincent J. Major, Yeong Shiong Chiew, Geoffrey M. Shaw, J. Geoffrey Chase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-018-0599-9