The effectiveness of a recently introduced patient-cycled cuirass respirator in augmenting ventilation in patients with respiratory acidosis is described. In 11 stable patients with obstructive ...

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is indicated in the treatment of acute respiratory failure (ARF ... and with less severe levels of acidosis Therefore, nMV may be useful in selected patients with ...

Objectives: The respiratory compensation ... that exercise induced lactic acidosis is causally involved in the hyperventilation which starts at RCP. However, it does not represent the only additional ...