Sentence examples for mechanical breath defined from inspiring English sources

It is clear from the studies examined in this review that APRV has evolved from a mechanical breath defined as a prolonged CPAP phase with a brief release phase [1] into a highly sophisticated, dynamic mechanical breath with precise settings that are responsive to changes in lung physiology (i.e., P-APRV) [6].

Indeed, all of these mechanical breaths were defined as APRV [2 5].

CPAP with a release is a very general description of a mechanical breath and can define all of the mechanical breaths seen in Fig. 1.

Therefore, the current acronym "APRV" is a nebulous term identifying a ventilator mode without a precisely defined mechanical breath structure or ventilator settings.

In conclusion, over the 30 years since the mode's inception there have been no strict criteria in defining a mechanical breath as being APRV.

There has been no consensus on what parameters are essential to define a mechanical breath as being APRV, and thus, APRV settings have been inconsistent over the three decades since it was first described.

If the mechanical breath is improperly set, it can amplify the lung injury associated with ARDS, causing a secondary ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI).

In conclusion, using engineering concepts to analyze the impact of the mechanical breath on the lung is a novel new approach to investigate VILI mechanisms and to help design the optimally protective breath.

Variability in settings, and thus mechanical breath structure, significantly changes how the lung "sees" the breath being delivered.

Despite defining the role of tidal volume (Vt) and plateau pressure on VILI in ARDS patients [63], our current understanding of the parameters comprising the mechanical breath that either propagate or impede progressive acute lung injury (ALI) is incomplete.

An often under-analyzed aspect of mechanical breath delivery is the ventilator used to deliver the breath.