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A ventilator is a piece of equipment whose function is to move gas in and out of the lungs. The intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) that its use entails is non-physiological and can disturb normal circulatory dynamics, the main disturbance being a decrease in venous return to the heart during inspiration (p. 152). Table 21.1 illustrates the differences in intrapleural pressure associated with both normal spontaneous and artificial ventilation.
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Mushin, W.W., Rendell-Baker, L., Thompson, P.W., and Mapleson, W.W., Automatic Ventilation of the Lungs, 3rd Edition (Oxford, London, Edinburgh and Melbourne: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1979)
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Wilson, F., Park, W.G. (1980). Ventilators. In: Basic Resuscitation and Primary Care. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8712-8_22
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