Background. There are modes of mechanical ventilation that can select ventilator settings with computer controlled algorithms (targeting schemes). Two examples are adaptive support ventilation (ASV) and mid-frequency ventilation (MFV). We studied how different clinician-chosen ventilator settings are from these computer algorithms under different scenarios. Methods. A survey of critical care cl...

background: postoperative pulmonary complications (ppc) are of the major reasons for death. prolonged mechanical ventilation (pmv) and delayed extubation are leading to the incidence of more seriously complications. the effect of hyperinflation has not been investigated in control of these complications in patients who have been weaned from mechanical ventilation and are undergoing t-tube suppo...

Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) is a closed-loop ventilation mode that can act both as pressure support ventilation (PSV) and pressure-controlled ventilation. Weaning with ASV shows promising results, mainly in post-cardiac surgery patients. The aim of the present randomised controlled study was to test the hypothesis that weaning with ASV could reduce the weaning duration in patients with c...

Aims . To compare the efficacy and safety of semiautonomous Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) fully automated (closed-loop, Intellivent-ASV) mechanical ventilation oxygenation versus conventional mode during respiratory support in cardiac surgery patients. Material methods In this study, 40 adult patients were ventilated by managed 8 physicians (control group), whereas other two groups Intellive...

Obesity impairs peri-operative lung function. To evaluate the impact of pressure support ventilation vs pressure controlled ventilation in moderately obese adults upon early postoperative lung function, we randomly assigned 68 moderately obese patients (body mass index 25-35 kg x m(-2)) undergoing minor surgery to receive intra-operative ventilation either with pressure support or pressure cont...