A term infant is being invasively ventilated in pressure-tar…
A term infant is being invasively ventilated in pressure-targeted SIMV mode of ventilation, set rate is 16, PIP pressure is 18, PEEP 4, inspiratory time is 0.4, and FIO2 is .30, and the physician would like to wean the infant from the ventilator. The clinician has tried turning the patient’s set rate on SIMV down to 10 breaths/minute, but the infant immediately becomes tachypneic and desaturates to 85%. Which of the following should be done at this time?