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APPENDIX
624074/07 C-1
ASV
®
(Adaptive Support
Ventilation)
C.1 Introduction C-2
C.2 ASV use in clinical practice C-3
C.3 Detailed functional description of ASV C-15
C.3.1 Normal minute ventilation C-15
C.3.2 Targeted minute ventilation C-15
C.3.3 Lung-protective rules strategy C-17
C.3.4 Optimal breath pattern C-20
C.3.5 Dynamic adjustment of lung protection C-24
C.3.6 Dynamic adjustment of optimal breath
pattern C-25
C.4 Minimum work of breathing (Otis’ equation) C-26
C.5 ASV technical data C-28
C.6 ASV Start up C-31
C.7 References C-32