Average volume-assured pressure support ventilation mode in the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

Average volume-assured pressure support ventilation mode in the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: Ashraf Zin El-Abdin, Lamiaa H Shaaban, Shereen Farghaly, Sarah Hashim



Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 2017 11(3):231-237



Background Although average volume-assured pressure support (AVAPS) mode has been studied in chronic respiratory failure, studies evaluating its efficacy in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) are limited.

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the benefits of spontaneous timed AVAPS (ST/AVAPS) mode in delivering noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for patients with AHRF compared with the conventional ST/BiPAP (ResMED, San Diego, California, USA) mode.

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