Episode 37 - Basic Mechanical Ventilation III: The Role of PEEP & LVRs

What are the determinants of mean airway pressure? Is too much PEEP ever a bad thing? In this episode, we review determinants of oxygenation in mechanically ventilated patients and discuss the benefits and risks of high versus low PEEP strategies, as well as the utility of lung volume recruitment maneuvers.Check out our previous related episodes 1, 3, 6, 10, and 36.Support the show