Recognition that volume, not pressure, is the key factor in ventilator-induced lung injury and awareness of the association of hypocarbia and brain injury foster the desire to better control delivered ...

‘It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.’ Neonatal ventilators can be classified as either devices that deliver tidal ventilation, usually referred to as conventional mechanical ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Lung-protective ventilation with the use of low tidal volumes and positive end-expiratory pressure is considered best practice in the care of many critically ill patients. However, its role in ...