TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Initial Settings for Mechanical Ventilation A1 - Hess, Dean R. A1 - Kacmarek, Robert M. PY - 2014 T2 - Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e AB - ObjectivesDiscuss the difference between hypercapnic and hypoxemic respiratory failure and list the causes of each.Describe the indications for mechanical ventilation.Discuss concerns and approaches to the initiation of mechanical ventilation.Discuss the criteria used to initially set the mechanical ventilator for patients with normal lungs, and with obstructive and restrictive diseases.Discuss the ethical considerations related to initiation of mechanical ventilation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121736011 ER -