This recent survey published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that most physicians agree about the benefits of LTVV. They see few barriers to use. Data from their hospitals, ...
What is patient/ventilator synchrony? Broadly speaking, a patient and ventilator are in synchrony when the settings on the ventilator are matched with what the patient's respiratory system is trying ...
Ventilator-induced injury in the lungs is responsible for a vast number of deaths in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Even healthy surgical patients, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, ...
Among patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome, protective mechanical ventilation with use of lower tidal volumes (the volume of air inhaled and exhaled during each breath) was associated ...