What is patient/ventilator synchrony? Broadly speaking, a patient and ventilator are in synchrony when the settings on the ventilator are matched with what the patient's respiratory system is trying ...
It is common for poor synchrony to occur in both invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation. It is a serious problem that may lead to increased patient discomfort, prolonged mechanical ...
The field of mechanical ventilation has grown since the iron lung was developed to support the victims of the polio epidemic the 1950s. Positive-pressure ventilation via an artificial airway has ...