A handheld microcomputer system for control of a jet ventilator.
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1992-07-07
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High frequency jet ventilation is a relatively new mode of patient ventilation that has seen application in critically ill patients with respiratory failure Because of the radically different nature of this modality of ventilation clinicians often are unsure which ventilator parameter settings are appropriate The authors describe in this paper a handheld microcomputer system to assist in the control of jet ventilators