Adaptive Support Ventilation as a Sole Mode of Mechanical Ventilation-An Observational Study

Adaptive Support Ventilation as the sole mode of ventilatory support in chronically ventilated patients.

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcome of patients admitted to a new private facility for chronically ventilated patients in the Ashdod area of Israel. METHODS On arrival, all patients were placed on Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) at 90% of target minute ventilation for lean body weight, reducing progressively in weekly decrements of 10% down to 60% of target minute ventilation if adequate spo...

Comparison of the effect of pressure support ventilation and volume assured pressure support ventilation on weaning patients off mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery

Background: Weaning from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit is an important step in the treatment process. More patients in less than 6 hours after cardiac surgery can be separated from mechanical ventilation and extubated. However, 20-40% of patients after cardiac surgery, due to dysfunctional ventilator weaning response (DVWR), still remain under mechanical ventilation. Therefo...

Adaptive support ventilation: an appropriate mechanical ventilation strategy for acute respiratory distress syndrome?

BACKGROUND Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) allows the clinician to set a maximum plateau pressure (PP) and automatically adjusts tidal volume to keep PP below the set maximum. METHODS ASV was compared to a fixed tidal volume of 6 ml/kg. ASV determined the respiratory rate and tidal volume based on its algorithms. Maximum airway pressure limit was 28 cm H2O in ASV. Six sets of lung mechanic...

Adaptive support ventilation: an inappropriate mechanical ventilation strategy for acute respiratory distress syndrome?

To the Editor: Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) allows clinicians to set a maximum plateau pressure (PP) and a desired minute ventilation. Thus, ASV automatically determines the respiratory rate and tidal volume (VT) based on its algorithms and hereto adjusts VT to keep PP below the set maximum. In a lung model with varying mechanics, all mimicking acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ...

Pressure Support Ventilation – A New Triggered Ventilation Mode for Neonates