Proportional-Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation

BACKGROUND: In critically ill patients, acceleration of liberation from mechanical ventilation is important in order to reduce the risk of complications and to improve long-term outcomes. Whether the use of proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors (PAV+) results in a shorter time to successful liberation from mechanical ventilation than pressure-support ventilation (PSV) is unclear. METHODS: In this international …