Medical history is often overlooked as advances keep moving forward. Seldom it that in medicine are truly new, unique ideas, but rather built on ideas have been considered before. Even our latest developments will become or forgotten science and advance. This of intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) a two-part article which the first part attempts to show concepts apparatus involve now commo...

BACKGROUND Few data are available regarding the benefits of one mode over another for ventilatory support. We set out to compare clinical outcomes of patients receiving synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation with pressure support (SIMV-PS) compared with assist-control (A/C) ventilation as their primary mode of ventilatory support. METHODS This was a secondary analysis of an observati...

BACKGROUND Different modes of mechanical ventilation are used for respiratory support after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). This study aimed to compare the effect(s) of using adaptive support ventilation (ASV) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) on the length of mechanical ventilation (intubation duration) and hospital stay after coronary artery bypass graft surgery....

Assisted modes of mechanical ventilation, including synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation, pressure support ventilation (PSV), continuous mandatory ventilation, neurally adjusted ventilatory assist, and volume guarantee ventilation, are widely used in neonates, infants, and small children to achieve improved short-term and long-term outcomes.1-3 Specifically, evidence is accumulating t...

When he arrived at our department his vital signs were: Blood Pressure (BP) 90/60 mmHg; Heart Rate (HR) 100 bpm; O2 Saturation (O2Sat) 43%; O2 Pressure (O2P) 30 mmHg; CO2 Pressure (CO2P) 71 mmHg; pH 7.21; blood glucose 225 mg/dl. The patient was ventilated by a Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) with FiO2 100% and PEEP of 10. Two 32 Fr thoracic drains were inserted to drain ...

Two very low birthweight infants with severe clinical hyaline membrane disease requiring mechanical ventilation were dependent on slow-rate intermittent mandatory ventilation, without which they developed apnoea or hypopnoea and hypercarbia. Their ventilator dependence was apparently owing to inadequate ventilatory effort, and treatment with oral theophylline allowed easy weaning to continuous-...

Abstract Background Mechanical ventilation causes diaphragmatic atrophy and reduces efficiency. Patients with dysfunction have longer mechanical durations intensive care unit stay. There is currently a scarcity of data on the effect different modes function ultrasound-guided assessment Results Sixty mechanically ventilated patients were randomly divided into four equal groups (15 each): using e...

[Purpose] The present study aimed to examine the test-retest reliability of expiratory abdominal compression with a handheld dynamometer in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation. [Subjects and Methods] We recruited 18 patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation. All patients had impaired consciousness. The mode of the ventilator was synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation. T...