Setting PEEP for ICU Patients

This lecture explains how the use of PEEP is one of the most important parts of the ventilation treatment package and probably the least understood as well.
Professor Freebairn will explain the reasons why PEEP should be considered especially in patients with ARDS and how it should be set based on the patient’s clinical status and lung condition.

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Ross Freebairn, MD

INTENSIVE CARE CONSULTANT

Ross Freebairn is an Intensive Care Consultant at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, in Hastings, New Zealand, and is currently the President of the Asia Pacific Association Of Critical Care Medicine, and Past President College of Intensive Care Medicine.

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