Numerical study of variable lung ventilation strategies
, 2015 Mechanical ventilation is used for patients with a variety of lung diseases. Traditionally, ventilators have been designed to monotonously deliver equal sized breaths.
Bagler, Ganesh +3 more
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A Novel Mixed Finite/Infinite Dimensional Port–Hamiltonian Model of a Mechanical Ventilator
ComputationMechanical ventilation is a life-saving treatment for critically ill patients who are struggling to breathe independently due to injury or disease. Globally, per year, there has always been a large number of individuals who have required mechanical ...
Milka C. I. Madahana +2 more
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Design and performance testing of a novel emergency ventilator for in-hospital use
Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, 2020 Background The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased use of critical care resources, particularly mechanical ventilators. Amidst growing concerns that the health care system could face a shortage of ventilators in the future, there is ...
Knorr Jacob M. +8 more
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Invasive Mechanical Ventilation [PDF]
Southern Medical Journal, 2018 Invasive mechanical ventilation is a potentially lifesaving intervention for acutely ill patients. The goal of this review is to provide a concise, clinically focused overview of basic invasive mechanical ventilation for the many clinicians who care for mechanically ventilated patients.
James M, Walter +2 more
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Trauma and Critical Care for the Senior Medical Student Entering Surgery
MedEdPORTAL, 2014 Introduction Skills to aid in the management of trauma patients and critically ill surgical patients in the intensive care setting are important topics that are not uniformly covered in medical schools.
Mara Antonoff +2 more
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Effect of individualized positive end-expiratory pressure titration guided by electrical impedance tomography on oxygenation in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery in the lateral decubitus position: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
Korean Journal of AnesthesiologyBackground Laparoscopic surgery in the lateral decubitus position can alter pulmonary mechanics and oxygenation. Although positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may alleviate these effects, the optimal level remains unclear. This study evaluated whether
Yoon Jung Kim +3 more
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Performance of natural, exhaust, demand controlled exhaust and heat recovery residential ventilation systems as prescribed by the standards in 5 European countries [PDF]
, 2013 Over the last decades, residential ventilation standards have been integrated in most of the buildings codes of European countries. Contrarily to the consolidation effort in the development of the nonresidential ventilation standard EN 13779, most of the
Janssens, Arnold +3 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016 There is no well-stated practical guideline for mechanically ventilated patients with or without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We generate strong (1) and weak (2) grade of recommendations based on high (A), moderate (B) and low (C) grade in
Young-Jae Cho +17 more
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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in high-risk pulmonary infections: a clinical review [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this article was to review the role of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute pulmonary infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), H1N1 and tuberculosis, and to assess the risk of disease transmission with the use ...
Ambrosino, Nicolino +11 more
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Air–Oxygen Blenders for Mechanical Ventilators: A Literature Review
Sensors, 2022 Respiratory diseases are one of the most common causes of death in the world and this recent COVID-19 pandemic is a key example. Problems such as infections, in general, affect many people and depending on the form of transmission they can spread ...
Gabryel F. Soares +4 more
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