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NAVA: Why, When, Who?

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Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2011

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This chapter is written in an attempt to document some of the reasons behind the development of the ventilatory mode known as neurally-adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA).

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Sinderby, C., Beck, J. (2011). NAVA: Why, When, Who?. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2011. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2011, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18081-1_16

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