TY - JOUR T1 - Update on modalities of mechanical ventilators JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F3 LP - F6 DO - 10.1136/fn.87.1.F3 VL - 87 IS - 1 AU - A Greenough Y1 - 2002/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F3.abstract N2 - Recent advances in ventilator technology have often not been confirmed by randomised trials and instead serious shortcomings have been highlighted. Ventilation modes should only be introduced into routine clinical practice when proved efficacious in appropriately designed studies and no adverse outcomes identified by long term follow up. ER -