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NAVA acts as an additional external cost-free muscle controlled by the central respiratory command.
NAVA theoretically delivers pressure proportional to the neural output of the patient's central respiratory command.
Metabolic alkalosis in patients affected by COPD may diminish the activity of the central nervous respiratory command center and cardiac output [ 19, 20].
With NAVA, the ventilator is triggered and cycled-off based on the EAdi value, which directly reflects the activity of the neural respiratory command.
These differences between NAVA and PSV establish that with NAVA, even at a high level of assistance, VT is not imposed by the ventilator but remains under the control of the patient's central respiratory command.
NAVA is an assist mode of MV that delivers a pressure proportional to the integral of the electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) [ 18], and therefore proportional to the neural output of the patient's central respiratory command.
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Suprapontine descending pathways convey voluntary and emotional respiratory commands that are independent of bodily requirements.
Imaging pearl: Techniques to overcome this artifact often rely on patient respiratory coaching, as the command "take a breath in and hold it" can lead some patients to take a rapid deep inspiratory breath, increasing the risk of transient attenuation of the contrast bolus.
The second hypothesis suggests that, in response to chronic hypercapnia and hypoxia, the chemoreceptors commanding the respiratory centers change their set point, which perpetuates hypo-ventilation rather than attempting to generate non-sustainable ventilatory muscle efforts [ 80].
It seems that a central inspiratory command activates the respiratory motoneurons in an encoded sequential order; the upper airway motoneurons are recruited before those of the diaphragm and the rib cage; this allows the opening of the glottis before the fall in tracheal pressure due to diaphragmatic contraction [ 49].
He responded to verbal commands, and his respiratory rate immediately increased to > 8 breaths/min and SpO2 to 100%.
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