In which mode does cycle asynchrony most commonly occur?
a. Volume ventilation.
b. Pressure ventilation.
c. CPAP.
d. No mode is more susceptible.
ANS: B
Cycle asynchrony occurs when the ventilator ends the breath at a time different from when the patients' respiratory center wants to end the breath. It is more common in pressure than vol-ume-targeted ventilation, but it can occur in all modes of ventilation.
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