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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Settings and Adjustments for Protective Lung Strategy

Mazen Kherallah

Feb 9
6 min

Mechanical Ventilation

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Settings and Adjustments for Protective Lung Strategy

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) is a recruitment mode that provides a high mean airway pressure and maintain lung protection.

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Mazen Kherallah

Jan 25
3 min

Mechanical Ventilation

A Paradigm Shift in ICU Sedation

A tool that can help the clinician to guide therapeutic interventions and minimize sedation and analgesia. for ICU patients

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Feedback Mechanism in Volume Support Ventilation

Mazen Kherallah

Jan 18
3 min

Mechanical Ventilation

Feedback Mechanism in Volume Support Ventilation

Volume support (VS) ventilation is a variable pressure support that targets a preset tidal volume. It is a spontaneously triggered mode wher

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Patient-Ventilator Interaction & Asynchrony

Mazen Kherallah

Jan 14
4 min

Mechanical Ventilation

Patient-Ventilator Interaction & Asynchrony

Patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) is a mismatch between the patient's demand and the ventilator during a ventilator breath delivery.

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Mechanical Power: New Target for VILI Prevention

Mazen Kherallah

Dec 29, 2021
5 min

ARDS

Mechanical Power: New Target for VILI Prevention

Ventilator-induced Lung Injury (VILI) is the unwanted result of a complex interplay of multiple factors on mechanical ventilation. These...

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