Non-invasive mechanical ventilation has been increasingly used to avoid or serve as an
alternative to intubation. Compared with medical therapy, and in some instances with …

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has emerged as a significant advance in the management of
respiratory failure. There is now a wide body of prospective randomized-controlled trial data …

Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) are rapidly increasing in number,
as improved ICU care has resulted in many patients surviving acute respiratory failure only …

Objectives: The value of visual inspection of ventilator waveforms in detecting patient–
ventilator asynchronies in the intensive care unit has never been systematically evaluated …

Objectives: To determine whether high rates of ineffective triggering within the first 24 hrs of
mechanical ventilation (MV) are associated with longer MV duration and shorter ventilator …

We have previously shown (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1995; 152: 1248–1255) that in
patients needing mechanical ventilation, the load imposed on the inspiratory muscles is …

Objective Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a new mode wherein the assistance
is provided in proportion to diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi). We assessed the physiologic …

PURPOSE: Clinicians frequently administer sedation to facilitate mechanical ventilation. The
purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sedation level and patient …

We compared crural diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi) with transdiaphragmatic pressure
(Pdi) during varying levels of pressure support ventilation (PS) in 13 intubated patients. With …

Objectives: Evaluating the physiologic effects of varying depths of propofol sedation on
patient-ventilator interaction and synchrony during pressure support ventilation and neurally …