TY - JOUR T1 - 2016 Year in Review: Mechanical Ventilation JF - Respiratory Care SP - 629 LP - 635 DO - 10.4187/respcare.05545 VL - 62 IS - 5 AU - Tommaso Pettenuzzo AU - Eddy Fan Y1 - 2017/05/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/62/5/629.abstract N2 - 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. ER -