Abstract: Background There has been an exponential increase in modes of mechanical ventilation over the last couple decades. With this increase, there have paucity evidence which mode is superior to others or much guidance use a different disease status causing respiratory failure. Methods: An international survey six questions was posted on “society ventilation” website and advertised social m...

BACKGROUND In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, whether inverse ratio ventilation differs from high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for gas exchange under a similar mean airway pressure has not been adequately examined. The authors used arterial oxygenation, gastric intramucosal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PiCO(2)), and pH (pHi) to assess whether pressure-contro...

BACKGROUND/AIM Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered to be the gold standard for laparoscopic surgical procedures. In ASA III patients with concomitant respiratory diseases, however, creation of pneumoperitoneum and the position of patients during surgery exert additional negative effect on intraoperative respiratory function, thus making a higher challenge for the anesthesiologist than fo...

We read with great interest the article published by Chen et al. [1] regarding a systematic assessment of respiratory mechanics in patients with ARDS to determine ventilation parameters and the optimal mode. They used basic monitoring along with the placement of an esophageal balloon catheter to measure transpulmonary pressure. We believe that monitoring pulmonary mechanics may be useful, not o...

some syndromes that are characterized by abnormalities of the skull, facial bones, and mandibule, most of these patients are from the pediatric population. for the anaesthetic management of patients with various craniofacial dysostosis are as follows: 1) the necessary for careful evaluation of the airway by simply observing the patient. 2) evaluation of the patient for abnormalities of the hear...

BACKGROUND Tracheal pressure (P(tr)) is required to measure the resistance of the tracheal tube and the breathing circuit. P(tr) can either be measured with a catheter or, alternatively, calculated from the pressure-flow data available from the ventilator. METHODS Calculated P(tr) was compared with measured P(tr) during controlled ventilation and assisted spontaneous breathing in 18 healthy a...