A simple method to estimate flow restriction for dual ventilation of dissimilar patients: The BathRC model.

<h4>Background</h4>With large numbers of COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation and ventilators possibly being in short supply, in extremis two patients may have to share one ventilator. Careful matching of patient ventilation requirements is necessary. However, good matching...

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Main Authors: Andrew R Plummer, Jonathan L du Bois, Joseph M Flynn, Jens Roesner, Siu Man Lee, Patrick Magee, Malcolm Thornton, Andrew Padkin, Harinderjit S Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242123