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 Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila
A1 Enrique Diaz-Guzman
A1 Gustavo A. Heresi
A1 Robert L. Chatburn
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.