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@CPSolvers @thecurbsiders @cardionerds @justinberk @MikeRoseMDMPH @JudithBVick @BBroderickMD @TijanaTuhy @AlexHorneMD @SSRaj017 @reverendofdoubt By request- Introduction to mechanical ventilation with @sam_brusca and @wapplefeld part 2: Ventilator Modes.
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In the last tweetorial, we discussed the Equation of Motion: the equation that underpins the physiology and physics of mechanical ventilation. 2/ 
It states that in a relaxed pt, the pressure in the airway is equal to the resistance of the airway times the gas flow through that airway + pressure in the alveolus. The alveolar pressure is determined by the respiratory system compliance, volume in alveoli, & PEEP. 3/
