Near-Fatal Asthma

By Mark D. Siegel, MD, FCCP

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Figure 6. Impact of changes in ventilator settings on lung volumes and measures of DHI. Note that lung volumes are most closely related to E. At any given E, a decrease in TE is associated with decreases in Ppk, but increases in lung volume and Ppl. Reprinted with permission from Tuxen and Lane.⁵⁸

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