Estimating the incidence of spontaneous breathing effort of mechanically ventilated patients using a non-linear auto regressive (NARX) model.

Background And Objective: Mechanical ventilation (MV) provides breathing support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients in the intensive care unit, but is difficult to optimize. Too much, or too little of pressure or volume support can cause further ventilator-induced lung injury, increasing length of MV, cost and mortality. Patient-specific respiratory mechanics can help optimize MV settings.