Mechanical Ventilation: What The Pharmacist Should Know Background
  • Mechanical ventilation goes back to 1555
    • First negative pressure ventilation device was developed in 1920
    • First positive pressure ventilation device was developed in 1950 during the polio pandemic
  • Mechanical ventilation is a basic and life-saving intervention among critically ill patients to support a patient’s airway and prevent tissue hypoxia

Indications

-To maintain oxygenation and ventilation:

-Acute respiratory distress syndrome

-Acute exacerbation of COPD/asthma

-Airway collapse due to neuromuscular disease

-Airway protection:

-Coma

-Combination of both

 

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