TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ventilator Waveforms: Clinical Interpretation A1 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Hall, Jesse B. A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Kress, John P. PY - 2015 T2 - Principles of Critical Care, 4e AB - Pressure and flow waveforms reveal a wealth of information regarding the patient’s physiologic derangement.Distinguishing the contributions of resistive and elastic pressures allows tailoring and monitoring of therapy.AutoPEEP should be sought in all mechanically ventilated patients.Ventilator waveforms show how adequately the physician has accommodated the ventilator to the patient.Patient effort confounds interpretation of pressures and flows.Attention to ventilator waveforms can improve the accuracy of hemodynamic interpretation and is essential for judging the validity of dynamic predictors of fluid-responsiveness. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126247526 ER -