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Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning

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Inspiration is realized by the combined activation of several inspiratory muscles in the presence of airway patency. These muscles have to oppose several forces to generate alveolar ventilation.

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  1. University of London, London WC1, UK

    Jack Tinker BSc, FRCP, FRCS, DIC (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician) (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician)

  2. The Middlesex Hospital, London W1, UK

    Jack Tinker BSc, FRCP, FRCS, DIC (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician) (Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physician)

  3. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Warren M. Zapol MD (Professor of Anaesthesia) (Professor of Anaesthesia)

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Iotti, G., Brochard, L., Lemaire, F. (1992). Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning. In: Tinker, J., Zapol, W.M. (eds) Care of the Critically Ill Patient. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3400-8_29

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