Respiratory support technologies：progress and prospects in 2024

doi:10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-1537.2025.02.003

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Respiratory support technology is a key component of the life support system in critical care medicine.In recent years，with a deep understanding of respiratory pathophysiology and technology advancements，the development of respiratory support technologies has focused on “providing adequate gas exchange while minimizing ventilator-associated lung injury”.Look at 2024，significant progress has been made in optimizing non-invasive ventilation comfort，early warning of non-invasive ventilation failure，respiratory drive monitoring，prevention of ventilator-associated lung injury，positive end-expiratory pressure titration，awake prone positioning，and extracorporeal respiratory support technologies.In the future，with the development of artificial intelligence，AI-guided personalized respiratory support may become an important direction for further development.

Key words: Critical care medicine, Respiratory support technology, Early warning, Lung injury, Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Jinlong Wang, Min Shao. Respiratory support technologies：progress and prospects in 2024[J]. Chinese Journal of Critical Care & Intensive Care Medicine(Electronic Edition), 2025, 11(02): 117-124.

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