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cord-276856-88d3vzbs	Petersen, Lonnie G.	Single ventilator for multiple patients during COVID19 surge: matching and balancing patients	2020-06-18		.txt	text/plain	644	46	53	title: Single ventilator for multiple patients during COVID19 surge: matching and balancing patients With a potential COVID19-induced ventilator shortage, supporting multiple patients on a single ventilator seems a simple solution to maximize resources. Beyond cross-contamination and increased dead space, matching patients to ensure appropriate individual ventilation peak pressures (P peak ), tidal volumes (V tidal ), and positive endexpiratory pressures (PEEP) is a concern, especially given the dynamic clinical presentation of the COVID19 patients with complicated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). One-way valves on both inspiratory and expiratory limbs ensured unidirectional flow, which both reduces functional dead space and the risk of crosscontamination between patient A and B, and seemingly also facilitated stable ventilation of B as A deteriorated. Finally, each class of ventilators requires a specific set up; if the method is considered, use the calm before the patient surge to familiarize, and ameliorate the many risks associated with sharing a ventilator. A single ventilator for multiple simulated patients to meet disaster surge	./cache/cord-276856-88d3vzbs.txt	./txt/cord-276856-88d3vzbs.txt