Parameters Setting; Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation Mode; Definition; Available Breath Types - GE iVent 201 Series User's Reference Manual

PARAMETERS SETTING

SYNCHRONIZED INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION MODE

DEFINITION

AVAILABLE BREATH TYPES

DESCRIPTION

patient does not initiate an assist breath during the next breath cycle, the
ventilator delivers a ventilator breath at the end of the normal breath cycle.
The following parameters can be set:
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Breath Rate (bpm)
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O2 %
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Tidal Volume
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Peak Flow, Adaptive or set value
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I Time, Adaptive or set value
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Limit Pressure
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Triggering type and sensitivity
Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) mode ensures that
spontaneously or partially spontaneously breathing patients receive a set
number of mandatory breaths. All breath types are available in this mode. This
mode is identical to Assist/Control mode except for the following:

Patient spontaneous breaths are allowed between mandatory breaths.
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Although mandatory breaths are synchronized with the patient's inspiration,
the breath period is not reset when the patient initiates an assist breath;
therefore, average mandatory bpm does not change.
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Mandatory ventilator breath
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Mandatory assist breath
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Manual mandatory breath
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Patient spontaneous breath

Patient pressure support breath
All types of mandatory breaths may be either pressure control or volume control.
During an SIMV breath cycle, mandatory breaths can be initiated and / or occur
during:
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