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The diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disorders are challenging, especially with the increasing threat of pandemic diseases like coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the deployed environment these difficulties can be compounded by a lack of resources including simple laboratory tests, personnel, ventilators, and even oxygen. This chapter provides clinical background on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of common forms of respiratory failure for the deployed afloat environment.
Even so quickly may one catch the plague?
Methinks I feel this youth’s perfections
With an invisible and subtle stealth
To creep in at mine eyes. Well, let it be.
The Twelfth Night, Shakespeare
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Grasso, I., Collins, J. (2023). Acute Respiratory Failure and Ventilator Management Afloat. In: Tadlock, M.D., Hernandez, A.A. (eds) Expeditionary Surgery at Sea. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21893-4_21
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