A breath that is patient triggered, pressure targeted, and time cycled is which of the following?
a. Assisted breath
b. Mandatory breath
c. Spontaneous breath
d. Breath
ANS: A
Assisted breaths have characteristics of both mandatory and spontaneous breaths. In an assisted breath, all or part of the breath is generated by the ventilator, which does part of the work of breathing (WOB) for the patient. If the airway pressure rises above baseline during inspiration, which it does in this case, the breath is assisted.
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