Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgão oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
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In this article the author intends to make a review of the most important indications and aims of mechanical ventilation, and the repercussion of artificial ventilation over the different systems of the body. The main kinds of ventilators used for the management of the critically ill patient, connected to a ventilator are reviewed.