Laboratory tests: - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Weaning parameters. Pulmonary . Terminology. Respiratory Rate (f) Breaths per minute. Patient Normal: 12 – 20 breaths/minute. Rates > 30: Rates > 40: Ventilator Normal: 8 – 12 breaths/minute. Ventilator can provide ALL of patient’s breaths, OR the patient may be able to breathe spontaneously between ventilator breaths. ................
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