clinical investigations in critical care Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide Elimination Following Ventilator
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set ventilators. Objective: To define and characterize the transient re¬ sponse of VCO2 to a well-defined change in ventilation. Methods: Forty-four patients in stable condition re¬ ceiving volume-controlled mechanical ventilation had trend recordings of ventilator pressures, flow, volumes, Vco2, and end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) for 20 min. At time t0, the minute ventilation was either increased (n=22) or decreased (n=22) by 10% after which these parameters
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