… ventilatory support has been considered to improve both the distribution of ventilation to
dependent lung … This may explain why our patients, during full ventilatory support, had a lower …

… patients having acute lung injury, as defined by a PaO 2/FIO 2< 300 mm Hg and the presence
of bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph, and ventilated with CPPV. We included patients …

… ventilatory support of patients without lung injury must take into account the underlying diseases
or injuries of the patient. … for patients: (1) in the perioperative period, (2) undergoing lung …

… ventilatory support modes that allow spontaneous breathing in patients with acute lung injury
(ALI) and acute respiratory … of partial ventilatory support on mortality, duration of mechanical …

… also revealed no significant differences in survival without supplemental oxygen or ventilatory
support (HFOV vs conventional ventilation 32% vs 38%; adjusted odds ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, …

… Noninvasive ventilatory support increases intrathoracic pressure, reduces venous return
and end-diastolic volume both in the right and left cardiac cavities, improves cardiac contractility…

… conditions seen in critically ill patients with diverse underlying illnesses. Lung injury may
be perpetuated by ventilation strategies that do not limit lung volumes and airway pressures. …

… (A) Nonintubated patient, normal spontaneous breathing at end inspiration. (B) Intubated
patient without respiratory disease, passive on mechanical ventilator at end inspiration. (C) …

… , both variable pressure support and proportional assist ventilation increased the variability
… -ventilator synchrony or affecting lung injury compared with pressure support ventilation. …

… We investigated the effects of different partial ventilatory support modalities on respiratory
function in an experimental model of acute lung injury. We found that during assisted breathing…