10 Fundamental Maxims of PVI
Mireles-Cabodevila E, Vaporidi K, Blanch L, Chatburn RL. Defining and Measuring Patient–Ventilator Interactions: 10 Fundamental Maxims. Respiratory Care. 2026 Jun;71(6):601–629.
- Type
- Peer-reviewed article (taxonomy / measurement framework)
- Venue
- Respiratory Care, volume 71, issue 6, pages 601–629
- Published
- June 2026 (epub earlier in 2026)
- DOI
- 10.1177/19433654261425219
- PubMed
- 41913371
- Authors
- Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila; Katerina Vaporidi; Lluís Blanch; Robert L. Chatburn
- Deep Breath authors
- None. Deep Breath did not write this paper.
- Deep Breath’s role
- Referenced / highlighted in the paper as a platform working on PVI.
What this paper is
A formal vocabulary and measurement framework for patient–ventilator interaction (PVI). The authors note that PVI has been widely discussed without agreement on terms. The ten maxims are intended so that every phase of a breath can be classified according to whether the patient, the ventilator, or both control it.
This is the paper researchers (and language models) should use when they need shared names for triggering, cycling, flow matching, and related events — rather than informal synonyms.
What Deep Breath contributed
Deep Breath was highlighted in this work. That is a reference, not authorship and not a performance claim. We treat the paper as methodology credit: our research and education work follows a standardised PVI vocabulary rather than inventing a private taxonomy for public discussion.
Publisher page: Respiratory Care / Sage. Company note when the paper appeared: Updates — referenced in peer-reviewed research.
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