mechanical ventilation (redirected from Assisted breathing)

mechanical ventilation

n.

A mode of assisted or controlled ventilation using mechanical devices that cycle automatically to generate airway pressure.

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mechanical ventilation Assisted mechanical ventilation Mechanically assisted respiration in which inspiration is driven at a preset frequency or triggered by the Pt Indications PO₂ < 60 mm Hg, despite non-interventional efforts–mask, bronchodilators, diuretics, and physical therapy, chest wall restriction–kyphoscoliosis, thoracoplasty, COPD, CNS and brainstem disease–central apnea, 1º alveolar HTN, tumors, vascular malformation, degenerative disease–Shy-Drager disease, spinocerebellar degeneration, neuromuscular disease–amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, myopathy, phrenic nerve damage, poliomyelitis, spinal cord disease–cervical trauma, quadriplegia, syringomyelia