One of the specific goals of MV is to promote the optimization of arterial blood gas levels and acid-base balance by providing oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide (ventilation).(1) For patients with chronic diseases MV can reduce the work of breathing by taking effort from respiratory muscles and maintaining long-term respiratory support.
The ventilator is not a magical therapy that makes patients better but simply a supportive therapy used until more definitive therapies have time to work.
One of the specific goals of MV is to promote the optimization of arterial blood gas levels and acid-base balance by providing oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide (ventilation).
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