Patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) is a mismatch between the patient, regarding time, flow, volume, or pressure demands of the patient respiratory system, and the ventilator, which supplies such demands, during mechanical ventilation (MV). PVA might be due to factors related to the patient, to the ventilator, or both, and its incidence rates are quite high.The article we bring today, published by four Brazilian physicians, reviews the literature on the types and causes of PVA, as well as the methods used in its evaluation, its potential implications in the recovery process of critically ill patients, and, last but not least, strategies for its resolution. You can download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDc_7Y78jki3DFuQc5eAx4qvujTqYed4/view?usp=sharing
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