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Intensive Care Med (2006) 32:1515–1522 DOI 10.1007/s00134-006-0301-8 O R I G I N A L Arnaud W. Thille Pablo Rodriguez Belen Cabello François Lellouche Laurent Brochard Patient-ventilator asynchrony during assisted mechanical ventilation Received: 17 February 2006 Accepted: 29 June 2006 Published online: 1 August 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 B.C. is supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (expedient CM04/00096, Ministerio de Sanidad) and the Instituto de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau A. W. Thille (
) · P. Rodriguez · B. Cabello · F. Lellouche · L. Brochard Université Paris XII, INSERM U651, Réanimation Médicale, AP-HP Hôpital Henri Mondor, Faculté de Médecine, 51 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94000 Créteil, France e-mail: arnaud.thille@wanadoo.fr Tel.: +33-1-49812384 Fax: +33-1-49812542 Abstract Objective: The incidence, pathophysiology, and consequences of patient-ventilator asynchrony are poorly known. We assessed the incidence of patient-ventilator asyn- chrony during assisted mechanical ventilation and we identified asso- ciated factors. Methods: Sixty-two consecutive patients requiring me- chanical ventilation for more than 24 h were included pr...