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British Journal of Anaesthesia, doi:10.1093/bja/ael115
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Postgraduate Issue Review Article

New ventilators for the ICU--usefulness of lung performance reporting

P. D. Macnaughton 1 *

1 Critical Care Unit, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
P. D. Macnaughton, E-mail: peter.macnaughton{at}phnt.swest.nhs.uk


  Abstract

Monitoring the functional and mechanical properties of the lungs during positive pressure ventilation may assist in confirming the underlying pulmonary diagnosis, allow therapeutic interventions to be accurately assessed and provide information that ensures the optimal setting of the ventilator parameters and encourages timely weaning. This article reviews the range of lung function measurements, both continuous and intermittent, that may be undertaken during mechanical ventilation. The monitoring capability of ICU ventilators is increasing in complexity.

Keywords: equipment, ventilators; monitoring, intensive care; ventilation.
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