Ch. 5 Pilbeams Flashcards
Ventilator provides all the energy nesseccary to maintain effective _________.
Alveolar ventilation
Vt is ______ for pt?
Adequate
Pt participates in ______?
WOB
Mandatory breath?
Breaths which the ventilator control the timing, Vt, or inspiratory pressure.
Spontaneous breath?
Pt controls the timing and Vt
Assisted breath?
In an assisted breath, all or part of the breath is generated by the ventilator, which does part of the WOB for the patient.
What happens when volume is the control variable?
the volume selected is constant and independent of what happens to pressure when the patient’s lung characteristics
What is the primary advantage of volume control?
It guarantees a specific volume delivery and volume of expired gas (Ve) regardless of changes in lung compliance and resistance or patient effort.
What is the goal of volume controlled?
to maintain a certain level of PaCO2
Pressure as control variable?
To set pressure as the independent variable; that is, the pressure remains constant, but volume delivery (the dependent variable) changes as lung characteristics change.
What are some advantages of pressure control?
• reduces the risk for overdistention of the lungs by limiting the amount of positive pressure applied to the lung.
• Second, the ventilator delivers a decelerating flow pattern during pressure-controlled ventilation
Pressure controlled is considered what?
a component of protective strategies for the lung.
Pressure may be comfortable for pt who can do what?
Spontaneously breathe
What are some disadvantages of pressure controlled?
• Volume delivery varies as the patient’s lung characteristics (i.e., lung compliance and airway resistance) change.
• VT and VE decrease when lung characteristics deteriorate
What are the 3 types of timing breaths?
- Continuous mandatory ventilation (CMV)
- Intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV)
- Continuous spontaneous ventilation (CSV)
With CMV breaths can be _______?
Time triggered or pt triggered
For CMV when breaths are time triggered they are described as?
controlled ventilation or the control mode
When breaths are pt triggered they are described as?
assisted ventilation
Controlled (time-triggered) ventilation is appropriate only when a patient cannot …..?
Make an effort to breathe
Controlled ventilation is appropriate for pts who are….?
Patients who are obtunded because of drugs, cerebral malfunction, spinal cord or phrenic nerve injury, or motor nerve paralysis may be unable to make voluntary efforts