RT Book, Section A1 Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 Hall, Jesse B. A2 Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 Kress, John P. SR Print(0) ID 1126247526 T1 Ventilator Waveforms: Clinical Interpretation T2 Principles of Critical Care, 4e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071738811 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126247526 RD 2024/03/28 AB Pressure and flow waveforms reveal a wealth of information regarding the patient’s physiologic derangement.Distinguishing the contributions of resistive and elastic pressures allows tailoring and monitoring of therapy.AutoPEEP should be sought in all mechanically ventilated patients.Ventilator waveforms show how adequately the physician has accommodated the ventilator to the patient.Patient effort confounds interpretation of pressures and flows.Attention to ventilator waveforms can improve the accuracy of hemodynamic interpretation and is essential for judging the validity of dynamic predictors of fluid-responsiveness.