Abstract
The fundamental goals of mechanical ventilation are to improve pulmonary gas exchange and relieve respiratory distress, thus permitting lung and airway healing, while at the same time lessening the risk for iatrogenic complications. This review will summarize some of the advances in mechanical ventilation in 2016, with a particular focus on ventilator-associated clinical challenges and outcomes.
- critical care
- respiratory distress syndrome
- adult
- review
- ventilation
- artificial
- ventilation-induced lung injury
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Eddy Fan MD PhD, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, PMB 11-123, Toronto M5G 2N2, Ontario, Canada. E-mail: eddy.fan{at}uhn.ca.
The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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