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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) or BiVent: What the heck is this?
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-20)
Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is not a new mode of mechanical ventilation, but it seems to be gaining a great deal of popularity lately. Many people find this mode very complicated and think that it is reserved ...
Weaning (Liberating) from the mechanical ventilator
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-25)
Don't wean people from their ventilators-- liberate them!! When are people ready to come off the ventilator? What are weaning parameters? How does one do a spontaneous weaning trial? What is the role of noninvasive ...
Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-13)
A discussion of the various types of ventilators with a focus on the various ventilator modes and types of ventilator cycles. Also presented is the topic of pressure support ventilation (PSV)