New concepts in mechanical ventilation

Abstract

Mechanical ventilation is an integral part of modern intensive care management. The advances made in the development of ventilation techniques have provided the intensive care physician with a variety of technical options for controlled and assisted ventilation. The choice of a particular mode of ventilation should be based on the pathophysiology and severity of the underlying disease, guided by the maxim that the respirator has to be fitted to the patient and not the patient to the respirator.