Respiratory care
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Respir Care
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effect of ventilatory variability on occurrence of central apneas.
To compare the influence of 2 ventilation strategies on the occurrence of central apneas. ⋯ NAVA was associated with increased ventilatory variability, compared to constant-level PSV. With NAVA the absence of over-assistance during sleep coincided with absence of central apneas, suggesting that load capacity and/or neuromechanical coupling were improved by NAVA and that this improvement decreased or abolished central apneas.