Open AccessIntermittent Mandatory Ventilation
Author(s) -
Peter M. S. Margand,
Peter Chodoff
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-197501000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , weaning , intermittent mandatory ventilation , ventilation (architecture) , ventilator weaning , artificial ventilation , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , intermittent positive pressure ventilation , anesthesia , respiratory disease , lung , mechanical engineering , engineering
Many variations of measurement have been proposed for determining when a patient may be weaned from artificial ventilation. The present case report describes successful use of intermittent mandatory ventilation for weaning a patient when measurements had indicated weaning would not be possible.