Is proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors a user-friendly mode?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1599-1603

  Xirouchaki, Nectaria ^a   Kondili, Eumorfia ^a   Klimathianaki, Maria ^a   Georgopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Critically ill; Sedatives; Vasoactive medications; Ventilator settings

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION; VENTILATOR;

CRITICAL CARE; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68949217024     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1524-2     Document Type: Article

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