Explain why COPD patients benefit from a reduced tidal volume setting.

What will be an ideal response?


COPD patients have reduced expiratory flow rates due to decreased alveolar elastic recoil. For this reason, a longer expiratory time is needed for complete exhalation. If there is not enough time for complete exhalation, air trapping, V/Q mismatch, hypoxemia, and hypercapnia may result. Decreasing the tidal volume by 100 to 200 mL in COPD patients reduces the expiratory time requirements and helps to prevent air trapping. A higher flow rate may also be used to shorten the inspiratory time and lengthen the expiratory time for COPD patients.

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