Table 5 The shifting paradigm relating care delivered to the mechanically ventilated patient
From: Mechanical ventilation: past lessons and the near future
Observe time sensitivity of treatments |
   • Paralytics |
   • Prone positioning |
Give ventilation control to patient (?) |
Reduce demands |
Revise targets |
   • Monitor the key variables |
Adapt to abnormal physiology |
Exchange gas without mechanical ventilation |