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Basics of Mechanical Ventilation

Dr Aalekh Prasad1, Dr Sanika Patil2

1 Critical Care Registrar, Peterborough City Hospital, UK

2 Anaesthetic Registrar, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK

Supervising Consultant: Dr Henry Nash, Anaesthetic and Critical Care Consultant,Peterborough City Hospital, UK

Edited by: Professor Subramani Kandasamy, Critical Care Consultant and Head, ChristianMedical College, Vellore, India

Corresponding author email: aalekhprasad@gmail.com

Published May 3, 2022

Abstract

This tutorial covers basics of mechanical ventilation including physics of ventilation, concepts of humidification, warming and airway resistance, various determinants of ventilation and the basic modes of ventilation.

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