Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Medical Director, Adult Emergency Services, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, ...

What is patient/ventilator synchrony? Broadly speaking, a patient and ventilator are in synchrony when the settings on the ventilator are matched with what the patient's respiratory system is trying ...

It is common for poor synchrony to occur in both invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation. It is a serious problem that may lead to increased patient discomfort, prolonged mechanical ...

The framework shows how breath-by-breath and contextual information are processed by AI systems using physiological rules and learning algorithms to support clinical decisions—such as detecting ...

You have been breathing your whole life without thinking about it. But imagine if a machine — a mechanical ventilator — muscled its way into that delicate, unconscious dance. It is trying to help, but ...