mechanical ventilation

Reading Time: 9 minutes It has long been known that excessive degrees of PPV may result in lung injury. This has been termed ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). More recently, the idea of patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI) has come to light.

Reading Time: 4 minutes A review of the latest evidence regarding hyperoxia!

Reading Time: 3 minutes PAV is like power steering. Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV) is a spontaneous breathing mode created to improve ventilator synchrony by creating more natural breathing.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Read this weekly review for some spaced repetition of the past week’s content.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Such is the case with breaths delivered by a ventilator.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of guessing the pleural pressures, try esophageal manometry!

Reading Time: 3 minutes Read this weekly review for some spaced repetition of the past week’s content.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are some ways to minimize wasteful therapies and tests in the ICU.

Reading Time: 5 minutes High transpulmonary pressures causes harm. Aman further breaks down the concept.

Reading Time: 5 minutes We examine the most recent evidence on driving pressures and their effect on mortality.