Effects of sleep on patient-ventilator interaction.
Sleep influences patient-ventilator interaction. Adjustment of ventilator settings in critically ill patients may require understanding and monitoring of the influence of the sleep-wakefulness state on patient-ventilator interaction. Research studies of patient-ventilator interactions should be controlled for the confounding influence of changes in the sleep-wakefulness state.
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA. sparthamd@yahoo.com
D006801:Humans; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*