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Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a clinical therapy that becomes necessary when the ventilatory capacity of patients is depressed by pathophysiological reasons or post-surgery conditions like cardiac surgery. 22.7% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery require mechanical ventilation over 24 to 48 hours. [1]. In these patients, the mortality rate may exceed 40%. It is known that the main cause of failure...
The mechanical ventilator settings in patients with respiratory diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during episodes of acute respiratory failure (ARF) is not a simple task that in most cases is successful based on the experience of physicians. This paper describes an interactive tool based in mathematical models, developed to make easier the study of the interaction between...
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