TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 3. Basic Principles of Ventilator Design A1 - Chatburn, Robert L. A1 - Mireles-Cabodevila, Eduardo A2 - Tobin, Martin J. PY - 2013 T2 - Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e AB - A mechanical ventilator is an automatic machine designed to provide all or part of the work the body must do to move gas into and out of the lungs. The act of moving air into and out of the lungs is called breathing, or, more formally, ventilation. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57061171 ER -