A postoperative patient,still under anesthesia,is being ventilated with VC-CMV with automode.After 2 hours,the patient is waking up and beginning to breathe spontaneously.The ventilator will respond by _____________________.

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If a postoperative patient is still recovering from the effects of anesthesia and the ventilator operator has selected volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV)with automode as the operating mode,all breaths are mandatory (time triggered,volume limited,and time cycled).If the patient begins to trigger breaths,the ventilator switches to VS (patient triggered,pressure limited,and flow cycled with a volume target)and remains in this mode as long as the patient is breathing spontaneously.

A Postoperative Patient,still Under Anesthesia,is Being Ventilated with VC-CMV with Automode.After