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Editorial
. 2019 May 16;23(1):176.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2466-x.

How I ventilate an obese patient

Lorenzo Ball  1   2 , Paolo Pelosi  3   4
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Editorial

How I ventilate an obese patient

Lorenzo Ball et al. Crit Care. .
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

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Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR (Intubate, Set-up initial ventilation, Titrate ventilation parameters, Assess harmfulness of ventilation, Rescue strategies) algorithm. FiO2 fraction of inspired oxygen, PBW predicted body weight, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, IAP intra-abdominal pressure, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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