Ventilator manufacturers and the respiratory care academic community have not yet adopted a standardized system for classifying and describing ventilation modes. As a result, there is enough confusion that potential sales, education, and patient care are all put at risk. This proposal summarizes a ventilator-mode classification scheme and complete lexicon that has been extensively published ove...

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) on pulmonary gas exchange in mechanically-ventilated patients, by comparing the effects of similar levels (0.8-0.9 kPa) of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and PEEPi. Ten patients with acute respiratory failure, without chronic airway disease, were studied with three ventilatory modes:...

OBJECTIVES Reduction of breathing variability is associated with adverse outcome. During mechanical ventilation, the variability of ventilatory pressure is dependent on the ventilatory mode. During neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), the support is proportional to electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi), which reflects the respiratory center output. The variability of EAdi is, ther...

The rates of delivery by Cesarean section (CS) have been trending upwards in recent decades, perhaps leading to higher rates of dysfunction in respiratory adaptation in newborns. We present epidemiological data for pulmonary adaptation by mode of delivery for healthy late preterm and term infants born at a regional tertiary care center. The overall CS rate was 22% with the largest proportion of...

introduction: regarding to the recent advances in assisted reproductive techniques (art), twin and multiple pregnancies have increased during past years. objective: this study was performed to compare obstetrics and perinatal outcomes of dichorionic twin pregnancy following art with spontaneous pregnancy. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study which was performed in ghaem hospital...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility, the quality of synchronization, and the influence on respiratory parameters of the noninvasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NIV-NAVA) mode in infants after cardiac bypass surgery. We conducted a prospective, randomized cross-over study in infants undergoing noninvasive ventilation (NIV) after cardiac surgery. METHODS Subjects ...

PURPOSE We describe the influence of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with standard mode and rapid cycling mode on sleep related breathing in two patients with epilepsy. METHODS Two VNS treated patients underwent digital video-polysomnography for three nights (night 1: rapid cycling mode; night 2: standard mode; night 3: off mode). RESULTS In patient 1, on off mode, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ...