This calculator is adapted from the National Board for Respiratory Care's (NBRC) "Setting Initial Tidal Volume" guidelines for Respiratory Care Practitioners in the United States. In order to become a Respiratory Therapist or a Respiratory Care Practitioner, you must demonstrate how to set the initial tidal volume. Below this is the Calculator in HTML form as described by the NBRC. The experimental section at the end is my own addition but the section prior to that are taken from here: NBRC Guidelines on Setting the Tidal Volume
Actual Weight in kg = Total Pounds / 2.2 pounds/kg
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IBW = Base + (2.3 × (height - 60))
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6-8 ml/kg IBW
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By establishing a respiratory rate constraint of 12 to 20 breaths per minute for adults, the absolute lower and upper bounds for normal minute ventilation can be derived. This is calculated by applying the low-normal respiratory rate to the low-normal tidal volume for the lower absolute, and the high-normal respiratory rate to the high-normal tidal volume for the upper absolute.
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VE = VT × RR
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