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PatientSpirometry
1.PEEPe
2.PEEPi
3.PEEPtot=PEEPe+PEEPi
PEEPi
NOTE
NotavailableinORandPACUsoftwarepackages.
Highrespirationrateorshortexpiratorytimemayleadtothedevelopmentofintrinsic
PEEP.Itisdetectedwhenalveolarpressureattheendoftheexpirationishigherthan
airwayopeningpressure.PEEPiislikelytooccurinpatientswithairowobstruction,
inverseratioventilationorpatientswithowlimitation.
DynamicPEEPiismeasuredcontinuouslyanddisplayedasadigit,butitisalso
presentedgraphicallyintheowwaveformandinloops:
x1=Time
x2=Vol
y=Flow
TheclinicalsignicanceofPEEPiisindetectingboththerespiratoryandhemodynamic
sideeffects:
Respiratorysideeffects
Barotraumas
Musclefatigue
Decreasedcompliance
Reducedoxygendelivery
Increasedventilatorydeadspace
Hemodynamicsideeffects:
Impededvenousreturn
Increasedpulmonaryvascularresistance
Reducedleftventricularcompliance
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