Proportional assist ventilation versus conventional synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Background: Proportional assist ventilation (PAV) is a physiological ventilation mode with better patient ventilator synchrony. However its role in intubated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still not well defined. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of PAV mode in intub...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381400171X |