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Table 2 Prevalence of total asynchronies and types of asynchrony according ventilatory mode

From: Automatic detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony by spectral analysis of airway flow

  

Asynchrony Prevalence (%)

Mode

n

H 1 /DC

AI

PC

17

50.0

55.6

PRVC

56

49.1

50.9

VC

26

42.3

26.9

PS

11

90.9 †

100.0 †

  1. IT, ineffective triggering; Mode, mode of mechanical ventilation; n, number of patients ventilated with a given mode; PC, pressure controlled; PRVC, pressure regulated volume control; PS, pressure support; VC, volume controlled; † P < 0.001 when compared to other modes of ventilation.
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