Koyama Y, et al. - Given faster inspiratory pressurization can improve patient–ventilator synchrony and reduce the patient's work of breathing during pressure controlled continuous mandatory (PC-CMV) ventilation, researchers assessed the impacts of pressurization ramp settings on the actual pressurization via a bench test of 5 models of ICU ventilators. They found that among the different types of ventilators, the adjustable ranges of the pressurization were largely different. They also observed that even at similar pressurization ramp settings, there was a reported variance in the actual absolute inspiratory pressurization during PC-CMV between the different ventilators. The differences in the pressurization ramp settings were recommended to be kept in mind by the users.