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Review
. 2002 Mar;57(3):272-6.
doi: 10.1136/thorax.57.3.272.

Proportional assist ventilation (PAV): a significant advance or a futile struggle between logic and practice?

N Ambrosino  1 , A Rossi
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Review

Proportional assist ventilation (PAV): a significant advance or a futile struggle between logic and practice?

N Ambrosino et al. Thorax. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may also be of use as a diagnostic tool in the control of breathing in mechanically ventilated patients.

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