Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has a number of physiologic effects similar to invasive
ventilation. The major effects are to augment minute ventilation and reduce muscle loading …

Physiological background concerning mechanics of the respiratory system, techniques of
measurement and clinical implications of pressure-volume curve measurement in …

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Background Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is commonly applied to the ventilated
lung to try to improve oxygenation during one-lung ventilation but is an unreliable therapy …

In the pursuit of science, competitive ideas and debate are necessary means to attain
knowledge and expose our ignorance. To quote Murray Gell-Mann (1969 Nobel Prize …

Objectives: Low tidal volume (= tidal volume≤ 6 mL/kg, predicted body weight) ventilation
using volume control benefits patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Airway …

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) was originally described as a mode to treat lung-
injured patients with the goal to maintain a level of airway pressure that would not depress …

To assess the cardiorespiratory effects of a prolonged application of inverse ratio ventilation
(IRV), we compared IRV (I/E= 2) with conventional ventilation (CV)(I/E= 0.5), applied for 6 h …

Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome causes a heterogeneous lung injury with
normal and acutely injured lung tissue in the same lung. Improperly adjusted mechanical …

Critical Care Medicine www. ccmjournal. org 559 were becoming widely available to support
both postoperative patients as well as nonsurgical patients with respiratory failure (1, 2) …