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home and garden indoor environmental qualityWhat is continuous ventilation?
Similarly, what is continuous spontaneous ventilation?
Continuous spontaneous ventilation is any mode of mechanical ventilation where every breath is spontaneous (i.e., patient triggered and patient cycled). Spontaneous breathing is defined as the movement of gas in and out of the lungs that is produced in response to an individual's respiratory muscles.
Similarly, you may ask, what is AutoFlow ventilation?
AutoFlow is an adjunct to volume controlled ventilation mode, it automatically regulates inspiratory flow and inspiratory pressure. – Reduces peak airway pressures. – Allows the patient to breathe any time in the respiratory cycle.
Just as in AC mode, if the patient does not trigger a breath, the patient will receive a set volume/pressure breath, as in the first breath here. However in SIMV when a triggered breath is initiated the patient determines the volume, which may be smaller than the non triggered breath.