Mechanical ventilation

Authors

  • Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho
  • Marcelo Brítto Passos Amato
  • Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/fpusp.v2i1.75261

Keywords:

Respiration artificial, methods

Abstract

This paper presents the concepts and principles of mechanical ventilation with special interest in the new modalities and its application in patients with respiratory failure. It also discusses the mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) based on the new concepts obtained in recent clinical and experimental works. The use of low tidal volumes (4 to 7 ml/kg) and the application of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) according to the low-infection point in the pressure X volume curve of the respiratory system.

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Author Biographies

  • Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho
    Diretor do Serviço de Pneumologia e chefe da UTI - Respiratória do Hospital das Clinicas e Professor Doutor do Curso de Fisioterapia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo- FMUSP
  • Marcelo Brítto Passos Amato
    Médico Assistente da UTI - Respiratória do HC-FMUSP
  • Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas
    Professor e Médico Assistente de UTI Respirtória do HC-FMUSP

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