The effect of pressure support ventilation on auto-PEEP in a patient with asthma.
We report the effect of pressure support ventilation (PSV) on auto-PEEP in a patient with asthma. The patient showed a high level of auto-PEEP during spontaneous breathing through a T-piece. PSV effectively decreased auto-PEEP and inspiratory muscle effort with increasing levels of PSV.
Tokioka
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Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Saito
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Saeki
S
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Kinjo
M
M
Kosaka
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F
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011312:Pressure; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics