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The influence of positive-pressure ventilation on cardiovascular function in the critically ill
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Critical Care Clinics
|November 1, 1985
Abstract:
In this review, the various interactions between heart and lung that occur during positive-pressure ventilation are contrasted with spontaneous ventilation. Based on this analysis, appropriate ventilator management directed at optimizing oxygen delivery to the tissues can be employed in the treatment of the critically ill.