Responses of Bilevel Ventilators to Unintentional Leak: A Bench Study.

Marius Lebret Emeline FresnelNathan ProuvezKaixian ZhuAdrien KerfournJean-Christophe RichardMaxime Patout

Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

The pattern of leakage impacted more the device performances than the magnitude of the leakage per se. Flow limitation negatively reduced all ventilator performances.

Keyphrases

acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation
intensive care unit