SETTING EXPIRATORY TIME IN MANDATORY MECHANICAL VENTILATION BASED ON A DEVIATION FROM A STABLE CONDITION OF EXHALED GAS VOLUMES

摘要

A method of setting expiratory time in controlled mechanical ventilation varies a subject's expiratory times; determines gas volumes exhaled by the subject per breath associated with the expiratory times; establishes a stable condition of the gas volumes; and determines an optimal expiratory time based on a deviation from the stable condition. A device for use in controlled mechanical ventilation comprises means for the same.