The surgical ICU of the Cantonal Hospital in Aarau is a modern ICU following the trend of reducing sedation and promoting spontaneous breathing. They found that ASV fits their strategy perfectly.

Quotes:
"ASV really made the difference"
"We came to see the vision behind ASV: mechanical ventilation that adapts to the patient automatically"
"After only a few weeks, we used ASV as our main mode of ventilation"
"We use ASV on 90% of our patients"
"ASV matches the breathing pattern of spontaneously breathing patients."
"We spend less time discussing ventilator settings now"

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