Application of Airway Pressure Therapy in Veterinary Critical Care: Part II: Airway Pressure Therapy |
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| Authors: | Deborah R Van Pelt DVM MS Wayne E Wingfield MS DVM Timothy B Hackett DVM Linda G Martin DVM |
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| Institution: | Department of Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
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| Abstract: | As the specialties of emergency medicine and critical care have grown and evolved in both human and veterinary medicine, so has the need for more advanced care of patients with primary lung disease. Treatment of acute respiratory failure has been the focus of several articles in the human medical literature of the past few years.1,8 This paper deals with airway pressure therapy and its application in cases of acute respiratory failure in veterinary medicine. The reader is referred to part I of this paper for a reveiw of respiratory mechanics and hypoxemia as they apply to respiratory therapy. |
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| Keywords: | PEEP CPAP CPPV |
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