Finally, we studied patients ventilated with a ventilation protocol which is no current practice anymore.
74 (86%%) were ventilated, with a mean ventilator free days of 9.7.
We found both SP-D and KL-6 to increase in patients who were ventilated with a conventional ventilation strategy.
Patients randomized to PSV/NAVA were ventilated with a Servo-i ventilator (Maquet, Solna, Sweden).
Patients randomized to PSV/PAV+ were ventilated with a PB 840 ventilator (Covidien, Mansfield, MA, USA).
The pigs were ventilated with a Servo-i ventilator (Maquet Critical Care, Solna, Sweden).
The piglets were ventilated with a pressure-controlled ventilator (Babylog 8000+; Drägerwerk, Lübeck, Germany).
All patients were ventilated with a Dreger Evita2 ventilator.
Once intubated, infants were ventilated with a pressure-limited ventilator (Babylog 8000, Dräger, Lubeck, Germany).
The sheep will be intubated and ventilated with a Hamilton Galileo ventilator (Hamilton Medical AG).
Sheep were intubated and ventilated with a Hamilton Galileo ventilator (Hamilton Medical AG, Bonaduz, Switzerland).
