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Minute Dead Ml Ventilation A.K.A Volume Amount Air

Front What is minute ventilation (A.K.A. minute volume)?
Back This is the amount of air moved through the lungs in 1 minute minus the dead space. An average adult male patient might have a rate of 4200 mL , (12 breaths per minute, a tidal volume of 500 mL per breath, and a dead space of 150 mL)

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