title: Mode of mechanical ventilation: volume controlled mode.
abstract: The primary goal of ventilator support is the maintenance of adequate, but not necessarily normal, gas exchange, which must be achieved with minimal lung injury and the lowest possible degree of hemodynamic impairment, while avoiding injury to distant organs such as the brain. Modes of MV are described by the relationships between the various types of breaths and by the variables that can occur during the inspiratory phase of ventilation. There are two basic modes of ventilation: ventilation limited by a pressure target and ventilation limited to the delivery of a specified volume.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemungu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. sokoh@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors: Shin Ok
authors: SO
authors: Koh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D013990:Tidal Volume