Is Mechanical Power the One Ring to Rule Them All?

Shailesh Bihari^{1

2}, Kathryn A Hibbert^{3

4}, Andrew D Bersten^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Flinders Medical Centre Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
² College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Shailesh Bihari et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024.

. 2024 Mar 1;209(5):476-478.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0137ED.

Shailesh Bihari^{1

2}, Kathryn A Hibbert^{3

4}, Andrew D Bersten^{1

2}

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Flinders Medical Centre Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
² College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

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Comment on

Adjustments of Ventilator Parameters during Operating Room-to-ICU Transition and 28-Day Mortality.
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