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Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation With and Without Pressure Support Ventilation in Weaning Patients With COPD From Mechanical Ventilation: Appendix
Published in Pulmonary Function
This additional burden is not negligible: Katz and coworkers have shown that the respirator (Puritan Benett 7200) induces an additional inspiratory work ranging from 10 to 40 percent. Fiastro and coworkers predicted that a 1-mm decrease in the tube diameter results in a 67 to 100 percent increase in this work. Nevertheless, low PSV level […]