Episode 25: Advanced Ventilator Modes With Dr. Scott Stephens
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Using a P R v in Lung Disease
The machine has valves in it that allow you to spontaneously breathe throughout the entire cycle. There are really very few data to support the use of a p r v, though it's become a very popular mode. But i don't know that it's a better form of ventilating an a r d s patient than conventional mechanical ventilation and severe aras. It is a mode which is impossible to be asynchronous with, because you can breathe whenever you want to,. And that that may be an advantage, not i don'tknow that it is.
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