TY - JOUR T1 - Innovations in Mechanical Ventilation JF - Respiratory Care SP - 933 LP - 947 VL - 54 IS - 7 AU - Richard D Branson AU - Jay A Johannigman Y1 - 2009/07/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/7/933.abstract N2 - New features of mechanical ventilators are frequently introduced, including new modes, monitoring techniques, and triggering techniques. But new rarely translates into any measureable improvement in outcome. We describe 4 new techniques and attempt to define what is a new invention versus what is innovative—a technique that significantly improves a measurable variable. We describe and review the literature on automated weaning, automated measurement of functional residual capacity, neural triggering, and novel displays of respiratory mechanics. ER -