Advances in respiratory monitoring during mechanical ventilation

Chest. 1999 Nov;116(5):1416-25. doi: 10.1378/chest.116.5.1416.

Abstract

This review provides an update on the various techniques that are available to monitor patients during mechanical ventilation with an emphasis on clinical observations and applications in critically ill patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lung / physiopathology*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Respiration, Artificial*
  • Respiratory Function Tests / methods
  • Respiratory Mechanics
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / therapy*