Compared with pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV), volume-targeted ventilation is associated with decreased neonatal complications, including the combined outcome of death or bronchopulmonary ...

The availability of a dizzying number of ventilator modes, techniques and devices characterizes the state of the art in neonatal ventilatory support at the outset of the 21st century. Unfortunately, ...

There is no evidence that pressure control ventilation is superior to volume ventilation in patients with ARDS. This statement assumes that the tidal volumes being used are in line with the recent ...

The ARDSNet trial of limited tidal volume (TV) has dictated ventilator settings for almost two decades. [1] The premise is fairly simple: If TVs are controlled and plateau pressure is less than 30 cm ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...

A ventilator is a machine that helps you breathe or takes breaths for you. It can be a lifesaver if you have a health condition that causes you to struggle to get air. You may know about the type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Liberation time and mortality in the proportional-assist ventilation group did not differ from the ...

In a retrospective study of 100 patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, water retention without evidence of cardiac failure developed in 19. This was associated with radiologic ...

IOWA CITY - Although treating multiple patients with one ventilator is a medical measure of last resort, there is a safer way to do it - if you must - according to new research involving the ...