What type of asynchrony is this?
Last update: Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:46
A 78-year-old man with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was mechanically ventilated on volume controlled ventilation (VCV). The attending physician noted the following curves on the ventilator display.

ICU Monte Klinikum Hospital Fortaleza, Brazil
What type of asynchrony was present?
a) Double triggering
b) Flow asynchrony
c) Reverse triggering
d) Options b and c are correct
To continue reading...
You must have a valid and active xlung subscription
If you are already a subscriber, please Login at the top of the page, or subscribe now