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In children with acute lung injury, there is an increase in minute ventilation (E) and inefficient gas exchange due to a high level of physiologic dead space ventilation (VD/VT). Mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure, when used in critically ill patients to correct hypoxemia, may contribute to increased VD/VT. The purpose of this study was to measure metabolic parameters and VD/VT in critically ill children.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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