Which of the following represents a clinical situation where partial ventilatory support is com-monly used?

a. Patient with head trauma
b. During weaning from continuous manda-tory ventilation
c. While ventilating an asthmatic
d. In a drug overdose case


ANS: B
Partial ventilatory support techniques may be especially useful for weaning patients from me-chanical ventilatory support, and pressure-supported ventilation (PSV) and synchronized inter-mittent mandatory ventilation have been used as partial support strategies for weaning.

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