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Post-cardiotomy, balloon pump in place. Deeply sedated on PS/CPAP. Total rate 34 with almost no visible effort. Expiratory flow trembles in time with the arterial tracing. Flow trigger is 1 L/min.
Uncorrected hypoxemia, auto-PEEP shock, tension, or abdominal compartment progresses to pre-arrest, then a fail. Read the scalars before you turn a knob.
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