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Ventilation, Mechanical: Multimedia
Updated: Apr 17, 2009
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![]() | Media file 1: An example of the Drinker and Shaw negative-pressure ventilator (iron lung). |
![]() | Media file 2: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for assist-control ventilation. |
![]() | Media file 3: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for controlled ventilation. |
![]() | Media file 4: The components of mechanical ventilation inflation pressures. Paw is airway pressure, PIP is peak airway pressure, Pplat is plateau pressure. |
![]() | Media file 5: The effects of increased airway resistance (A) and decreased respiratory system compliance on the pressure-time waveform. |
![]() | Media file 6: Determination of the lower inflection point to estimate the best (optimal) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) from the pressure-volume hysteresis curve. |
![]() | Media file 7: The effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on the pressure-time inflation curve. |
![]() | Media file 8: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV). |
![]() | Media file 9: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) with pressure-support ventilation. |
![]() | Media file 10: The flow to time waveform demonstrating auto–positive end-expiratory pressure (auto-PEEP). |
![]() | Media file 11: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for pressure-regulated volume-controlled ventilation. |
![]() | Media file 12: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for proportional-assist ventilation. |
![]() | Media file 13: The pressure, volume, and flow to time waveforms for airway pressure–release ventilation. |
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mechanical ventilation, conventional respiratory support, positive pressure ventilation, positive-pressure ventilation, negative-pressure ventilation, negative pressure ventilation, iron lung, cuirass, shell unit, acute lung injury, chronic obstructive lung disease, apnea, respiratory arrest, neuromuscular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, permissive hypercapnia, iron lung

























