What comes under the term mechanical ventilation?

[Rajveer Kaur]

Please tell me about mechanical ventilation in detail.

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

Your three questions - posted within several minutes of each other - seem like homework assignments...?

[DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP]

Please tell me about mechanical ventilation in detail.

I've got an idea... why don't YOU tell us what you've come up with so far.

I'm sure someone would be willing to critique it for you.

[Music in My Heart]

Always amazing how much information can be amassed just by looking at the first few Google hits:

1. Mechanical ventilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   
   In medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing. This may involve a machine called a ventilator or ...
   History - Indications for use - Types of ventilators - Modes of ventilation
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2. Mechanical Ventilation
   
   Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Care. Introduction - What is a mechanical ventilator? How are mechanical ventilators classified? ...
   Pressure Controlled Ventilation - Ventilator - Mechanical Ventilation in Intensive ...
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3. Ventilation, Mechanical
   
   Apr 13, 2010 ... The Drinker and Shaw tank-type ventilator of 1929 was one of the first negative-pressure machines widely used for mechanical ventilation.
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4. [PDF] Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
   
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   Simply stated mechanical ventilation is indicated when a patient is unable to adequately remove CO. 2 and maintain adequate levels of O ...
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5. Basic Mechanical Ventilation
   
   Basics of Mechanical Ventilation Alain Broccard, MD John Marini, MD University of Minnesota Regions Hospital St Paul, MN.
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6. [PDF] Patient Information Series: Mechanical Ventilation
   
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   able to breathe enough on their own. The mechanical ventilator is also called a ventilator, respirator, or breathing machine. Most ...
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7. Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the ICU | The American College of ...
   
   Jan 1, 1999 ... Mechanical ventilation is a method for using machines to help patients breathe when they are unable to breathe sufficiently on their own. ...
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