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Table 1 Ventilator settings

From: Short-term effects of noisy pressure support ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

Settings

PSV

Noisy PSV

Respiratory rate

Spontaneous

Spontaneous

P ASB (driving pressure)

Targeted at VT ≈ 8 mL/kg

Targeted at VT ≈ 8 mL/kg

PEEP

According to current therapy

According to current therapy

Ramp

0.20

0.20

F I O 2

According to current therapy

According to current therapy

Flow trigger

3 L/min

3 L/min

Coefficient of variation of pressure support

0%

30% (normal distribution of randomly generated values)

Alarm limits

  

Peak airway pressure

35 cm H2O

35 cm H2O

Minute ventilation

± 50% of current therapy

± 50% of current therapy

Respiratory rate (lower)

6

6

Respiratory rate (higher)

30

30

  1. PSV, pressure support ventilation; VT, tidal volume; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; FIO2, inspiratory oxygen fraction.