Even if increased alveolar ventilation were desirable in these patients, our findings suggest that ethamivan given by mouth in a dose of 400 mg. daily (five times that recommended by the manufacturer) ...

A discrepancy between the predicted ventilation standards and the actual ventilation requirements may be caused by an increase in the physiologic dead space or by an increased carbon dioxide ...

Hypoxemia is defined as a condition where arterial oxygen tension or partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) is below the normal value, which is typically between 80 and 100 mmHg. Alveolar ventilation is ...

1. The ARDS Network. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the ARDS. N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1301-1308 2. Richard NC, Maggiore SM, ...