title: Ventilation--matching man, mode and machine.
abstract: Mechanical ventilation has a number of clinical applications but is used principally to maintain gas exchange in anaesthesia and cardiorespiratory failure. This paper will discuss the clinical applications of ventilators and various modes of ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D006612:High-Frequency Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical