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Mar 2023
25m 48s

Mechanical Ventilation: How Ventilators ...

Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute
About this episode
Eduardo Mireles, MD, director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and vice-chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, joins this episode of Respiratory Inspirations to cover all things mechanical ventilation. Dr. Mireles starts with the basics of what mechanical ventilation is and the different ventilators used, then explains why s ... Show More
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