A patient on mechanical ventilation is experiencing fluctuations in his arterial ph level. The ventilator setting is likely to cause these fluctuations is called Respiratory Rate.
This usually refers to the number of breaths per breath, and the normal range is 10-20 breaths per minute. The ventilator rate setting determines how many breaths the ventilator delivers to the patient.
<h3>What is ventilator setting?</h3>
Almost all ventilators can be set to four basic modes:
- AC, Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory
- Ventilation (SIMV),
- Airway Pressure Relief Ventilation (APRV), and
- Pressure Support (PS).
<h3>What is the normal flow of the Ventilator? </h3>
Most modern ventilators can provide a flow rate between 60 and 120 l/min. The flow rate should be adjusted to match the patient's inspiratory needs.
Dyspnea, patient-ventilator asynchrony, and hyperventilation can occur if the patient's peak flow rate is too low.
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