[Use of the IntelliVent-ASV mode for maintaining the target EtCO2 range in patients with severe TBI].

Purpose: the study purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of the IntelliVent-ASV mode in maintaining the target range of PaCO2 in patients with severe TBI.

Material And Methods: The study included 12 severe TBI patients with the wakefulness level scored 4-9 (GCS). This was a crossover design study.

[First experience of using adaptive support ventilation (ASV) mode in patients with severe traumatic brain injury].

Capabilities and limitations of ASV mode in TBI patients are studied. 12 patients with severe TBI were enrolled in the study. ICP, MAP, CPP were monitored in all the patients.

[Using ASV mode for respiratory support withdrawal in patients after posterior fossa surgery].

The study gives data on how to improve the way from mechanical to spontaneous breathing in patients with weakened respiratory drive after posterior fossa tumor removal. We compared the effectiveness of two methods of weaning from mechanical ventilation in these patients. The main group consisted of 6 patients weaned from ventilator with ASV mode.