title: Pressure support ventilation.
abstract: The management of patients with respiratory failure can be challenging. A relatively new technique may be useful in freeing these patients from mechanical ventilation. With a spontaneously taken breath, positive pressure is provided by a ventilator equipped to detect small changes in airway pressure. Pressure support ventilation may mean the difference between an independent life and ventilator dependency.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012119:Respiration; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy