as a patient can inhale with 10 PEEP of support, while only having to exhale against 5 PEEP of back pressure. This pressure difference provides the patient with more comfort and an easier ...
Mechanical ventilation is often required to support patients with ARDS ... particularly regarding the use of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), lung protective strategies, and the management ...
known as intrinsic positive end expiratory pressure (intrinsic PEEP or PEEPi). 1 In order to initiate inspiratory airflow, the respiratory muscles must generate a negative pressure equal in magnitude ...