Respiratory mechanics during mechanical
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Tsutomu Kondo; Ichiro Matsumoto; Celia J. Lanteri; Peter D. Sly
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Air leak around a tracheal tube (TT) during mechanical ventilation is likely to occur during the inspiratory phase because airway pressure is high for a prolonged period. The presence of a leak may introduce errors in measurements of respiratory mechanics made at the airway opening. If so, respirato