| Sepsis can produce ventilatory failure because of respiratory muscle dysfunction and increased metabolic demands. |
| Long-term intermittent noninvasive ventilation is effective in reversing ventilatory failure and improving respiratory muscle function. |
| Because of severe dyspnea, he was intubated and given mechanical ventilatory support. |
| A viral upper respiratory infection may impair the ventilatory function of the eustachian tube. |
| Included in the patient population were immunocompetent adults receiving ventilatory support in hospital or long-term care settings. |
| In 1999, a complementary system using diaphragmatic electrical activity was described for neurally adjusted ventilatory assist. |
