RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient-Ventilator Interaction: The Last 40 Years
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 15
OP 24
DO 10.4187/respcare.00937
VO 56
IS 1
A1 Branson, Richard D
YR 2011
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/56/1/15.abstract
AB Patient-ventilator synchrony is a complex issue affected by ventilator performance, patient characteristics, and the patient-ventilator interface. The history of patient-ventilator interaction includes avoidance of pharmacalogic paralysis, the development of spontaneous breathing systems, microprocessor technology to maximize interaction, and closed-loop control. While most clinicians agree that patient-ventilator synchrony is desirable, there remain no cause-and-effect data that asynchrony is associated with poor outcome.