Innovations in mechanical ventilation.
New features of mechanical ventilators are frequently introduced, including new modes, monitoring techniques, and triggering techniques. But new rarely translates into any measureable improvement in outcome. We describe 4 new techniques and attempt to define what is a new invention versus what is innovative-a technique that significantly improves a measurable variable. We describe and review the literature on automated weaning, automated measurement of functional residual capacity, neural triggering, and novel displays of respiratory mechanics.
Branson
Richard D
RD
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA. richard.branson@uc.edu
Johannigman
Jay A
JA
D004867:Equipment Design; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D035703:Therapies, Investigational / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical