a ventilator targeting scheme in which one variable is automatically adjusted to achieve a predetermined value of another variable. A common example is adaptive pressure control (e.g., Pressure Regula [..]

a breath for which all or part of the inspiratory or expiratory flow is generated by the ventilator doing work on the patient. Inspiration is assisted if airway pressure rises above the end expiratory [..]

an unintended initiation of breath delivery by the ventilator, e.g., by an external disturbance such as movement of the breathing tube or an inappropriate trigger sensitivity setting. (Sometimes mista [..]

a positive change in airway flow (inspiration) paired with a negative change in airway flow (expiration), associated with ventilation of the lungs. This definition excludes flow changes caused by hicc [..]

a particular pattern of mandatory and/or spontaneous breaths (i.e., CMV, IMV, or CSV).

a breath sequence in which all ventilator delivered breaths are mandatory (see mandatory breath), and delivered at a set minimum frequency, but in which any inspiratory effort by the patient during th [..]

For simple control systems, where pressure, volume, or flow is preset, the control variable is the independent variable in the equation of motion for the respiratory system. In more complicated scheme [..]

a breath sequence in which all breaths are spontaneous (assisted or unassisted).

verb; to end the inspiratory time (and begin expiratory flow); noun, a breath (inspiration and expiration).

the variable (usually pressure, volume, flow, or time) that is used to end the inspiratory phase.