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09.01.2017 | Correspondence
How to compare clinical outcome of complementary modes of mechanical ventilation?
verfasst von:
Christer Sinderby, A. Demoule, T. Similowski
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Excerpt
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) was introduced clinically in 2007. NAVA was designed to improve patient–ventilator interaction and comfort, to encourage spontaneous breathing, and to allow intrinsic lung reflexes to protect against over distension [
1]. All the above has been successfully demonstrated in numerous physiological studies [
2]. Therefore, focus is now set towards clinical outcomes. …