Mechanical ventilation is used to sustain life in patients with acute respiratory failure and its growing use has outpaced the need for studies investigating the efficacy of the technique. Nevertheless, increasing knowledge about the physiology of mechanical ventilation led to many clinical trials assessing different ventilator settings and interventions, resulting in an increasingly complex procedure. These clinical trials found that although mechanical ventilation restores respiratory function, the settings used in mechanical ventilation are vital for patient survival.

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机械通风：我们已经走了很长一段路，但仍有很长的路要走

机械通气用于维持急性呼吸衰竭患者的生命，其日益广泛的使用已超出了研究该技术功效的研究需求。然而，对机械通气的生理学的了解不断增加，导致许多临床试验评估了不同的呼吸机设置和干预措施，从而导致程序日益复杂。这些临床试验发现，尽管机械通气可以恢复呼吸功能，但机械通气中使用的设置对于患者的生存至关重要。