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It was reported that, while in use on a patient, when a 980 ventilator was using the quick start ventilation mode, the patient was not ventilated because of the non-physiological default settings of the ventilator.Reportedly, the respiratory frequency, inspiratory time, and i:e (inspiratory/expiratory) ratio were not adapted to the preconfigured institutional volume settings.Reportedly, the inspiratory time was too short and the pressure alarm limit was reached immediately.Although requested, information pertaining to patient intervention and outcome (if applicable) has not been provided.
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