Table 5 |
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Initial ventilator settings in status asthmaticus |
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Setting |
Recommendation |
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Mode |
Pressure-controlled ventilation |
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Respiratory rate |
10–15 breaths/min |
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Tidal volume |
6–10 ml/kg |
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Minute ventilation |
8–10 L/min |
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PEEP |
0 cmH2O |
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Inspiratory/Expiratory ratio |
≥ 1:3 |
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Inspiratory flow |
≥ 100 L/min |
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FIO2 |
Maintain SaO2 >90% |
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Pplat |
<35 cm H2O |
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VEI |
<1.4 L |
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FIO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat, end-inspiratory plateau pressure; SaO2, oxygen saturation; VEI, end-inspired volume above apneic functional residual capacity. |
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Papiris et al. Critical Care 2002 6:30 doi:10.1186/cc1451 |
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