CPAP And Pulmonary Edema

• Severe Pulmonary Edema is a frequent cause of respiratory failure

• CPAP increases functional residual capacity

• CPAP increases transpulmonary pressure

• CPAP improves lung compliance

• CPAP improves arterial blood oxygenation

• CPAP redistributes extravascular lung water

(Rasanen 1985)

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