Alternative modes of mechanical ventilation: a review for the hospitalist.
Newer ventilators can be set to modes other than the pressure-control and volume-control modes of older machines. In this paper, the authors review several of these alternative modes (adaptive pressure control, adaptive support ventilation, proportional assist ventilation, airway pressure-release ventilation, biphasic positive airway pressure, and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation), explaining how they work and contrasting their theoretical benefits and the actual evidence of benefit.
Mireles-Cabodevila
Eduardo
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Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 77205, USA. mirelee@uams.edu
Diaz-Guzman
Enrique
E
Heresi
Gustavo A
GA
Chatburn
Robert L
RL
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*