Respiratory care clinics of North America
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Respir Care Clin N Am · Sep 1998
ReviewMechanical ventilation of the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Mechanical ventilation of the patient with COPD is a balance between avoiding overdistension, auto-PEEP, providing adequate gas exchange, and allowing patient-ventilator synchrony. Figure 13 shows an approach that the authors have found helpful to achieve these goals.