title: Patient-ventilator interaction during the triggering phase.
abstract: Partial patient-controlled mechanical support mode ventilators provide positive pressure assistance whenever a patient's inspiratory effort decreases pressure or flow in the ventilator circuit below the sensitivity set by clinicians; these modes minimize disuse atrophy of the respiratory muscles, can facilitate the weaning process, and usually require lower ventilator pressures. The capability of restoring gas exchange, unloading respiratory muscles, and relieving the patient's dyspnea with partial patient-controlled mechanical support modes depends on matching between the ventilator setting and the patient's ventilatory demand (ie, patient-ventilator interactions).
authors.affiliation: Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Discipline Medico-Chirurgiche, Sezione di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Racca
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Squadrone
authors.forename: V Marco
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ranieri
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007320:Inspiratory Capacity; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D018467:Positive-Pressure Respiration, Intrinsic / Q000517:prevention & control; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014939:Work of Breathing