RT Book, Section
A1 Rodriguez-Roisin, Roberto
A1 Ferrer, Antoni
A2 Tobin, Martin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57072430
T1 Chapter 37. Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Gas Exchange
T2 Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-173626-8
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57072430
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  major  function  of  the  lung  is  to  exchange  physiologic  (respiratory)  gases,  namely  oxygen  (O2)  and  carbon  dioxide  (CO2).  Once  the  lungs  fail  as  a  gas  exchanger,  arterial  hypoxemia,  hypercapnia,  or  both  appear  and  respiratory  failure  ensues.  Arterial  PO2  (PaO2)  and  ()  are  the  measurable  end-point  variables  used  routinely  by  clinicians  to  manage  patients  with  acute  respiratory  failure.  When  the  latter  is  severe,  mechanical  ventilation  is  then  considered  the  final  strategy  for  treating  patients.