LUNG Compliance
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Management of Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders — Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing▶ 2:02ARDS, itself, is a severe systemic inflammatory response that impacts the lungs non -specificallyIt's defined by bilateral infiltrates, alveolar hemorrhage, severely reduced lung compliance, we're talking stiff lungs, and most critically,refractory hypoxemiaAcute Respiratory Failure & ARDS — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 22:55YeahDecreased lung compliancePlus, debris and proteins form something called hyaline membranes along the alveolar walls, further thickening that barrier and worsening gas exchangeSupporting Ventilation in Acute Care — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 30:09In volume ventilation, often called volume cycled or volume controlled, the ventilator is set to deliver a specific predetermined tidal volume, VT,…The pressure required to deliver that volume will vary depending on the patient's lung compliance, stretchiness, and airway resistanceIn pressure ventilation, pressure cycled or pressure controlled, the ventilator is set to deliver air until a specific predetermined peak inspiratory pressure,…