Proportional Assist Ventilation and Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist-Better Approaches to Patient Ventilator Synchrony?

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-342

  Sinderby, Christer ^a,b   Beck, Jennifer ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; CHEMORECEPTOR; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; VENTILATOR;

HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 42649120698     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2008.01.007     Document Type: Review

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