Title: SIMV Ventilation<br/>Author: Feras Khan<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1145/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
SIMV (Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation)</p>
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A common mode of ventilation that all pratitioners should be familiar with</li>
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It provides a minimum number of fully assisted breaths synchronized with patient respiratory effort</li>
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Patient or time triggered</li>
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Flow limited</li>
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Volume cycled</li>
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Any additional breaths are unassisted and determined by patient effort</li>
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SIMV=AC when heavily sedated</li>
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The idea is exercise the patients lungs but this can lead to increased work of breathing and fatigue, and prolong extubation when used</li>
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