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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
Release Ventilation (APRV ... application of APRV ... respiratory system compliance ... , decreased Pplat ... Wilkinsonjonny #APRV
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Pressures - PIP, PPlat ... Plateau Pressure (PPlat ... reflects lung compliance ... MechanicalVentilation #Pressures #PPlat
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
APRV - Overview ... release ventilation (APRV ... ARDS (low lung compliance ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #APRV
Ventilator Waveform Troubleshooting - High Peak Pressures

This OnePager explains how you can rapidly determine if High
Resistance Problem, a Compliance ... CriticalCare #PPeak #PPlat
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
and decreased compliance ... CriticalCare #PIP #PPlat
Conventional vs Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Pressure Waveforms 
 - Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Diagnosis
Release Ventilation (APRV ... #CriticalCare #APRV
Driving Pressure in Mechanical Ventilation

Driving Pressure (delta P) = Pplat - PEEP

Salim R. Rezaie, MD @srrezaie

#DrivingPressure
Pressure (delta P) = Pplat
The biotrauma hypothesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. IL = interleukin; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Summary High PIP, nl Pplat ... High PIP, high Pplat
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
VC., APV, Auto flow ... APRV - Airway Pressure