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intermittent mandatory ventilation

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intermittent mandatory ventilation
n. Abbr. IMV
Mechanical application of positive pressure at a determined frequency to the airway so as to increase tidal volume.
intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV),
a mode of mechanical ventilation in which the patient is allowed to breathe independently except during certain prescribed intervals, when a ventilator delivers a breath either under positive pressure or in a measured volume. Compare intermittent positive-pressure breathing. See also respiratory therapy.


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8) Research has shown that strengthening a weak and fatigable diaphragm may increase its endurance capacity and that standard weaning techniques (ie, syncronized intermittent mandatory ventilation or pressure support coupled with UBTs) may not provide sufficiently intense muscular activity or sufficient rest to improve respiratory muscle endurance.
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