if a ventilated patient has inspiratory effort but the ventilator doesn't respond, what can be the...

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if a ventilated patient has inspiratory effort but theventilator doesn't respond, what can be the reasons ? how can yousolve this ?

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When the patient makes an effort to initiate a breath and the ventilator doesnt support it it is called triggering asynchrony The reasons for this triggering asynchrony are Ventilator related cause Malfunction of ventilator sensors Inappropriate sensitivity parameter If the ventilatorbreath is pressure triggered When a patient initiates a breath there is a negative pressure developed by the patients    See Answer
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