How to calculate the value for BiVent’s time-low (aka time-constant=Tc).



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Alveolar Recruitment Therapy (ART) has been completed with great success … now what?
You have successfully recruited your patient’s pulmonary alveoli. Now, will the alveoli STAY patent so that you can extubate your patient with great success? Go to minimal pulmonary support and continue to assess … if your patient’s tidal volume trend stays neutral or increases, you will likely have a successful extinction.
How to enact Alveolar Recruitment Therapy (ART).