inverse ratio ventilation (IRV)

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Introduction

- inspiration time is prolonged to the point that inhalation is longer than exhalation

More general terms

References

  1. Jon D. Hirasuna, M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Davis, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Sept 1997
  2. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 200