Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation supports gas exchange in patients with respiratory
failure but is also responsible for significant lung injury. In this study, we have developed an …

Rationale and Objectives: Duration of weaning from mechanical ventilation may be reduced
by the use of a systematic approach. We assessed whether a closed-loop knowledge-based …

Objective To determine the prevalence of patient–ventilator asynchrony in patients receiving
non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for acute respiratory failure. Design Prospective multicenter …

Objective: To explore three aspects of non-invasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV)
applied by face mask to patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to severe community-…

Purpose To determine if, compared with pressure support (PS), neurally adjusted ventilatory
assist (NAVA) reduces trigger delay, inspiratory time in excess, and the number of patient–…

Background Different kinds of ventilators are available to perform noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
in ICUs. Which type allows the best patient-ventilator synchrony is unknown. The …

Objectives To address the following issues regarding the use of prone position ventilation in
patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): a) response rate; b) …

Rationale: During pressure-support ventilation, the ventilator cycles into expiration when
inspiratory flow decreases to a given percentage of peak inspiratory flow (“expiratory trigger”). …

The luminescence lifetimes of the cyclometalated complexes Pd (thpy) 2, Rh (thpy) 2 (bpy)+,
Rh (phpy) 2 (bpy)+, Pt (thpy) 2, and Pt (thpy) 2 (CHCl2) Cl (where thpy" and phpy" are the …

Background Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) has been used for treatment of acute respiratory failure
and pulmonary hypertension since 1991 in adult patients in the perioperative setting and …