Minute Ventilation + Target-PaCO2 Rate
Minute Ventilation + Target-PaCO2 Rate - a deterministic tool in Sophie Well's Clinical Math & Conversions group.
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Minute Ventilation + Target-PaCO2 Rate is one of 230 deterministic tools in Sophie Well's Clinical Math & Conversions group. Minute Ventilation + Target-PaCO2 Rate - a deterministic tool in Sophie Well's Clinical Math & Conversions group.
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References
Respiratory physiology (Marino PL, The ICU Book, 4th ed., 2014): VE = RR x tidal volume; alveolar ventilation subtracts dead space (~2.2 mL/kg IBW, West, Respiratory Physiology). PaCO2 is proportional to 1/alveolar ventilation, so the rate to a target PaCO2 scales with the current/target ratio.
Worked example: Minute ventilation 7.2 L/min; rate to reach the target PaCO2 is 24/min.
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