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.
Source: Marcelo A Holanda 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
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