Research Article29th Annual New Horizons Symposium: Back to Basics—Respiratory Physiology in Critically Ill Patients
The Physiology of Ventilation
Gaston Murias, Lluís Blanch and Umberto Lucangelo
Respiratory Care November 2014, 59 (11) 1795-1807; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.03377
Gaston Murias
Critical Care Center, Clínica Bazterrica y Clínica Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
MDLluís Blanch
Critical Care Center, Hospital de Sabadell, and the Fundació Parc Taulí, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
MD PhDUmberto Lucangelo
Department of Perioperative Medicine, Intensive Care and Emergency, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
MDIn this issue
Respiratory Care
Vol. 59, Issue 11
1 Nov 2014
The Physiology of Ventilation
Gaston Murias, Lluís Blanch, Umberto Lucangelo
Respiratory Care Nov 2014, 59 (11) 1795-1807; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.03377
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- Article
- Introduction
- Physiology of Carbon Dioxide
- The Concept of Dead Space
- Measurement of Dead Space
- Causes of Elevated Dead Space in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
- Effects of Mechanical Ventilation on Dead Space
- Prone Position, PaCO2, and Dead Space
- Prognostic Value of Dead-Space Measurement
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Footnotes
- References
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics
- References