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Mechanical Ventilation

8/3/2016

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Dr. Yamane's Guide to reading and using a vent. 
  • Indications
  • Parameters
  • Modes
  • Reading a Waveform
  • Discontinuation
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Indications for Mechanical Ventilation

  • GCS/altered mental status
  • Airway Protection
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Anticipated Clinical Course

Ventilator Parameters

  • Tidal Volume (Vt): Volume of a breath, typically set using ideal body weight
  • Respiratory Rate: Number of breaths delivered, including spontaneous and mandatory breaths
  • FiO2: Concentration of inhaled oxygen (0.21-1.0)
  • Minute Ventilation: Average volume of gas being delivered per minute (Vt * rr)
  • Peak Flow Rate: Highest speed that the ventilator will deliver to change the inspiratory time. 
  • I/E Ratio: Overall inspiratory vs expriatory time, typically 1:2, 1:3 
  • Peak airway pressure: Total pressure required to deliver the tidal volume, dependent on lung compliance and resistance. 
  • Plateau Pressure: Pressure needed to distend the lung, measured by providing an end-inspiratory pause. A measurement of the alveolar pressure
  • Peep: 
  • CPAP
  • Mandatory Breath
  • Spontaneous Breath

Modes of Ventilation

  • ​PSV Pressure Support Ventilation: Only provides breaths in response to patient effort, with a backup pressure control mode in case the patient becomes apneic. 
  • SIMV Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation: Combines mandatory and spontaneous breaths, providing an assist-control mandatory breath with pressure controlled voluntary breaths when the patient attempts to breath.
  • PRVC Pressure regulated volume control: Volume and rate are set, and the ventilator regulates the the pressure being provided based on how the patient responds to the vent. The goal is to prevent high peak airway pressure while delivering a set volume. 
  • A/C Assist/Control ventilation: (VCV, PVC, PRVC) Every breath is a mandatory breath controlled by ventilator. 
    • Volume Control: Fixed volume delivered by a set volume and rate
    • Pressure Control: Breaths are triggered by the patient and augmented by the ventilator to provide a set positive pressure. 

Reading a Ventilator Waveform

1. Determine the CPAP Level: This is your baseline pressure before a breath is taken
2. Is the patient triggering breaths? Identify if the patient is overbreathing the vent. Check the set respiratory rate and the actual, and identify any negative deflections in pressure which indicates a patient is attempting to take a breath. 
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3. What shape is the pressure wave?
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4.  Is the patient gas trapping? 
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5.  Is the patient synchronizing with the ventilator? If the patient is attempting to take breaths and the vent is not triggering, the sensitivity will need to be decreased until the patient is no longer fighting the ventilator. 
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Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation

Rapid-Shallow Breathing Index: a ratio 
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Adapted from CCM Tutorial's Guide to Reading a Waveform
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