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Ventilatory support should be initiated when a patient’s spontaneous breathing is not enough to maintain gas exchange, which causes gas exchange to fail, putting the patient in a life-threatening situation if support is not provided. Gas exchange failure or inadequate gas exchange means that either oxygen or carbon dioxide or even both in the arterial blood are not at normal levels. This is called respiratory failure. Respiratory failure is classified as hypoxemic and hypercapnic. The principal benefits of mechanical ventilation on patients with respiratory failure are improved gas exchange in the lungs and decreased work of breathing.
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Pupella, R.A. (2018). Respiratory Anatomy. In: Mechanical Ventilation in Patient with Respiratory Failure. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5340-5_2
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