CHAPTER 21 Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Illness
1 Why might a patient require mechanical ventilation?
There are three conditions for which mechanical ventilation (MV) may be required:
3 What are the most commonly used modes of positive-pressure ventilation?

11 What are trigger variables?
All modern ICU ventilators constantly measure one or more of the phase variables (i.e., pressure, volume, flow, or time) (Table 21-1). Inspiration occurs when one of these variables reaches a preset value. Clinically this is referred to as triggering the ventilator. The following conditions are necessary to initiate a breath under each individual variable:




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