Abstract:Mechanical ventilation supports the work of breathing, improves gas exchange, and unloads the respiratory muscles, all of which require good synchronization between the patient and the ventilator. Asynchronies occur when the ventilator’s breath delivery does not match the patient’s neural ventilatory pattern or is inadequate to meet the patient’s flow demand. Patient–ventilator asynchrony can be easily detected by observing the patients in those extreme situations in which they fight the ventilator; neverthele… Show more
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