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. 2020 May 14;24(1):222.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02945-z.

Safe doubling of ventilator capacity: a last resort proposal for last resorts

J Geoffrey Chase  1 , Yeong Shiong Chiew  2 , Bernard Lambermont  3 , Philippe Morimont  3 , Geoffrey M Shaw  4 , Thomas Desaive  5
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Safe doubling of ventilator capacity: a last resort proposal for last resorts

J Geoffrey Chase et al. Crit Care. .
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Top: Schematic of a proposed in-series breathing circuit for two patients using an active inspiration valve. Bottom: Resulting ventilation waveforms and active (filled in) and in-active (not filed) inspiratory and expiratory circuit lines at any given 2-s period for 2 × 4-s breaths, one by each patient. The ventilator will display the given patient data in each breath. Patients are colour-coded for clarity and show how end-expiration of one patient overlaps inspiration and initial expiration of a second patient, although using different parts of the circuit
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