Dr. Huang has used closed-loop ventilation on almost all his ventilated patients in the Duke Health System Durham Regional Hospital in North Carolina, USA since August 2006. Because closed-loop ventilation requires fewer setting changes, Dr. Huang has more time to devote to assessing the patient's respiratory status and his other activities in the ICU.
Quotes:
"You leave settings as they are and you don't have to worry about them"
"My overall impression is that the time on the ventilator for the patients is shorter"
"This mode doesn't need a protocol to set"
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