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. 2020 Jun 18;24(1):357.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03041-y.

Single ventilator for multiple patients during COVID19 surge: matching and balancing patients

Lonnie G Petersen  1   2 , James Friend  3   4 , Sidney Merritt  5
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Single ventilator for multiple patients during COVID19 surge: matching and balancing patients

Lonnie G Petersen et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Mechanical ventilation; Patient surge; Sharing a ventilator.

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Patients A (red line) and B (blue line) pressure curves and average tidal volumes during positive pressure ventilation, using pressure control mode mechanical ventilation at 20 and 30 cmH2O and PEEP of 8 cmH2O. One-way valves ensured stable tidal volumes of B while A deteriorated; however, a severe mismatch holds the potential for fatal simultaneous hyper- and hypo-ventilation without triggering alarms
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