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First, thank you for this broad yet concise overview—it’s incredibly helpful! I’d love to hear your thoughts on managing parallel circuits, specifically parallel VA and VV configurations. Do you have any recommendations or resources on how sweep gas should be titrated in this setup? I understand that titration should be based on the patient’s ABG, particularly PaCO₂, using the formula: New sweep = (current sweep) × (current CO₂ / goal CO₂). However, how does this approach change when managing parallel circuits? Is one circuit’s sweep typically adjusted more readily than the other? And does the total sweep simply equal the… Read more »