Higher Fresh Gas Flow Rates Decrease Tidal Volume During Pressure Control Ventilation

Mohammad, Shazia; Gravenstein, Nikolaus; Gonsalves, Drew; Vasilopoulos, Terrie; Lampotang, Samsun

doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000001944

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Higher Fresh Gas Flow Rates Decrease Tidal Volume During Pressure Control Ventilation.

Published in Anesthesia and analgesia • May 1, 2017

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Authors:

Shazia Mohammad

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Nikolaus Gravenstein

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Drew Gonsalves

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We observed that increasing fresh gas flow (FGF) decreased exhaled tidal volume (VT) during pressure control ventilation (PCV). A literature search produced no such description whereby unintended VT changes occur with FGF changes during PCV. METHODS: To model an infant's lungs, 1 lung of...

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