Challenges in Mechanical Ventilation with Bob Kacmarek

Explore an in-depth video lecture on patient-ventilator synchrony presented by Dr. Bob Kacmarek, an expert from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Delve into various types of patient-ventilator asynchrony, including flow asynchrony and trigger asynchrony. Examine the relationship between patient effort and ventilator support across different ventilator modes. Learn to analyze and correct patient-ventilator asynchrony, distinguishing between ventilator and patient breaths in SIMV mode. Discover the effects of NAVA on patient-ventilator synchrony. This 41-minute educational video, part of OPENPediatrics' interactive digital learning platform, offers valuable insights for healthcare clinicians worldwide caring for critically ill children in diverse resource settings.