You are using a ventilator that has flow as a control variable. Under which of the following modes of ventilation is pressure a control variable?
I. mandatory volume breath delivery
II. PEEP/CPAP
III. sigh breath delivery
IV. pressure support

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Pressure support ventilation uses pressure as a control variable to provide support to the patient's spontaneous breaths. PEEP/CPAP, on the other hand, is a mode of ventilation that maintains positive pressure at the end of expiration and does not involve the delivery of breaths. Mandatory volume breath delivery and sigh breath delivery both use flow as a control variable.

You Are Using a Ventilator That Has Flow as a Control