How much patient effort is needed to trigger a ventilator breath when there is 8 cm H₂O of unintended positive-end-expiratory pressure (auto-PEEP)and a pressure trigger setting of 2 cm H₂O?

Name: How much patient effort is needed to trigger a ventilator breath when there is 8 cm H 2 O of unintended positive-end-expiratory pressure (auto-PEEP)and a pressure trigger setting of 2 cm H 2 O?
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The effort required to trigger a breath equals the sum of the auto-PEEP and the pressure trigger setting.

How Much Patient Effort Is Needed to Trigger a Ventilator