Mechanical ventilation is the most used short-term life support technique worldwide and is
applied daily for a diverse spectrum of indications, from scheduled surgical procedures to …

Background Mechanical ventilation is common in critically ill patients. This life-saving
treatment can cause complications and is also associated with long-term sequelae. Patient …

Severe diaphragm dysfunction can lead to respiratory failure and to the need for permanent
mechanical ventilation. Yet permanent tethering to a mechanical ventilator through the …

Background—Acute respiratory failure is one of the most common problems encountered in
intensive care units (ICU) and mechanical ventilation is the mainstay of supportive therapy …

Weaning is a critical stage of an intensive care unit (ICU) stay, in which the respiratory
muscles play a major role. Weakness of the respiratory muscles, which is associated with …

Patient-v entilator asynchrony (PVA) is a mismatch between the patient, regarding time, flow,
volume, or pressure demands of the patient respiratory system, and the ventilator, which …

The COVID-19 disease can cause hypoxemic respiratory failure due to ARDS, requiring
invasive mechanical ventilation. Although early studies reported that COVID-19-associated …

In mechanical ventilation, it is paramount to ensure the patient's ventilatory demand is met
while minimizing asynchronies. We aimed to develop a model to predict the likelihood of …

Background Patient-ventilator asynchronies are usually detected by visual inspection of
ventilator waveforms but with low sensitivity, even when performed by experts in the field …

Background Pressure support ventilation (PSV) is the prevalent weaning method.
Proportional assist ventilation (PAV) is an assisted ventilation mode, which is recently being …