It also has the advantage of giving the most accurate estimation of total thoracic gas volume which can be particularly helpful in patients with air "trapped" within the lung that does not communicate with the airways (for example, bullous lung disease in which the bullae may not be in good communication with the airways and thus may permit "washout" of their contained nitrogen). This technique can be performed more rapidly than nitrogen washout lung volume determination and is a better test for lung volumes than nitrogen washout in the marginally cooperative patient
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Students will learn about the various modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation while breathing on actual ventilators with the aid of a mouthpiece. Because of unanticipated variability in workload on the services and on the part of the respiratory therapists, these sessions are not scheduled in advance
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