| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 14
| Issue : 3 | Page : 151--153 |
Functional residual capacity tool: A practical method to assess lung volume changes during pulmonary complications in mechanically ventilated patients
S Veena, Sudeep Palepu, GS Umamaheswara Rao, VJ Ramesh
Department of Neuroanaesthesia, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
G S Umamaheswara Rao
Department of Neuroanaesthesia, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029
India
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.74175 PMID: 21253350
In this report, we describe a patient in whom we used a functional residual capacity (FRC) tool available on a critical care ventilator to identify the loss of lung volume associated with pulmonary complications and increase in FRC with the application of a recruitment maneuver. The case report underlines the utility of the FRC tool in rapid visualization of the lung volume changes and the effects of application of corrective strategies in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
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