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Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) Ventilation

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Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a mode available on the Servo-i, Servo-n, and Servo-u ventilator systems (Maquet Critical Care AB, Solna, Sweden) and is intended for patients who are spontaneously breathing

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Disclosure

Dr. Beck has made inventions related to neural control of mechanical ventilation that are patented. The license for these patents belongs to Maquet Critical Care. Future commercial uses of this technology may provide financial benefit to Dr. Beck through royalties. Dr. Beck owns 50% of Neurovent Research Inc (NVR). NVR is a research and development company that builds the equipment and catheters for research studies. NVR has a consulting agreement with Maquet Critical Care.

Dr. Stein and Ms. Firestone are on the speakers’ bureau for Getinge and Chiesi.

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Stein, H., Firestone, K., Beck, J. (2022). Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) Ventilation. In: Donn, S.M., Mammel, M.C., van Kaam, A.H. (eds) Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93997-7_48

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