Proportional assist ventilation (PAV): a significant advance or a futile struggle between logic and practice?
review · Level V
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Abstract
Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may also be of use as a diagnostic tool in the control of breathing in mechanically ventilated patients.
Medical subject headings
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Respiration, Artificial
- Respiratory Insufficiency