New modes of mechanical ventilation are frequently added to ventilators without evidence of improved outcomes or efficacy. This webcast will review the newest modes of ventilation with respect to physiologic and clinical outcomes. Proposed advantages will be compared to proven advantages. Cost and complexity of each new technique will also be reviewed.
Original webcast date: January 18, 2012
**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**
- Define the principles of mechanical ventilation associated with lung protection and improved outcomes
- Describe the variations in modes of ventilation and proposed advantages of each
- Review the literature regarding modes of ventilation and outcomes in respiratory failure
- Describe the important ventilation variables to be monitored during lung protection