Crit Care Resusc
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Crit Care Resusc
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To describe and evaluate clinically applicable approaches to measurement of respiratory mechanics in critically ill patients. ⋯ Some of this information is available on modern ventilators, but greater insight requires measurement and manipulation of flow and pressure data using a pneumotachograph and pressure transducers. Given the importance of respiratory mechanics in the management of many critically ill patients, and given how poorly the respiratory system is monitored compared with the cardiovascular system, it is worth considering making this simple but additional effort.