You’re completing a vent check and patient assessement on yo…
You’re completing a vent check and patient assessement on your COPD with pneumonia. You auscultate expiratory wheezes bilaterally and diminished breath sounds in the lower lobes. Peak pressures are climbing and there’s a 150ml difference in your inspriatory and expiratory tidal volumes. Which waveform would you assess on the ventilator to confirm the current air trapping?
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