General Electric Company
Lung protective ventilation control

Abstract:

A method of ventilator control that includes receiving machine data from a mechanical ventilator and detecting one or more clinical events in the received machine data. The method further includes evaluating the machine data within the detected one or more clinical events for compliance with lung protective ventilation (LPV) recommendations. The method further includes at least one of producing a visual indication or a graphical display of the evaluated compliance with the LPV recommendations and controlling the mechanical ventilator based on the evaluated compliance with the LPV recommendations.