RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Alternative modes of mechanical ventilation: A review for the hospitalist
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 417
OP 430
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08043
VO 76
IS 7
A1 Mireles-Cabodevila, Eduardo
A1 Diaz-Guzman, Enrique
A1 Heresi, Gustavo A.
A1 Chatburn, Robert L.
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/7/417.abstract
AB 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.