A patient in the medical intensive care unit is intubated du…
A patient in the medical intensive care unit is intubated due to respiratory failure due to pulmonary fibrosis. The ventilator settings are as noted below: Mode – AC Total Rate – 20 breaths/min Rate – 20 breaths/min Exhaled VT – 350 ml Pressure – 30 VE – 7.0 L/min PEEP – 10 cm H2O PIP – 40 cm H2O FIO2 – 1.0 MAP – 23 cm H2O The patient’s physician wants to place the patient on APRV. What P-High should be started on the new mode?