Don't Get Confused! Flow Trigger on Maquet Ventilators Works Differently

The flow trigger settings on Maquet ventilators function differently from those on most other ventilators. On Maquet devices, the trigger sensitivity is set on a scale from 1 to 10, where:

• 1 represents the least sensitive trigger, meaning the patient must generate more effort to initiate a breath.

• 10 represents the most sensitive trigger, requiring minimal patient effort to trigger ventilation.

This is opposite to the convention used in many other ventilators, where higher flow trigger values indicate less sensitivity.

Understanding this difference is important to avoid unintentionally increasing the patient’s work of breathing when adjusting trigger settings on Maquet ventilators.