What type of ventilation strategy is often employed when a patient with a penetrating chest wall injury has a massive air leak while receiving mechanical ventilation?

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Children with penetrating thoracic injuries who require intubation may present significant ventilatory difficulties because of a massive air leak.Ventilator strategies in these patients generally include reducing peak inspiratory pressures and mean airway pressures to minimize the air leak.Lowering these pressures can often be accomplished by reducing the tidal volume and using minimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP),with an increase in respiratory rate.

What Type of Ventilation Strategy Is Often Employed When a Patient