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01-01-2008 | Editorial

Why does airway pressure rise sometimes near the end of inflation during pressure support?

Author: Magdy Younes

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2008

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Sir: Patient-ventilator non-synchrony is common [1‐6] and may increase morbidity [4]. Some possible reasons for its adverse effects include increased need for sedation, sleep disruption, respiratory muscle injury and errors in assessing weanability (see [7] for review). …

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Title: Why does airway pressure rise sometimes near the end of inflation during pressure support?
Author: Magdy Younes
Publication date: 01-01-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0932-4

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