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Ventilation modes can be categorized in many different ways. From my experience, I prefer to divide them into volume controlled and pressure controlled.
Volume Controlled:
1) Assist-Control Ventilation (ACV)
2) Synchronized Intermittent-Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV)
Pressure Controlled:
1) Pressure-Controlled Ventilation (PCV)
2) Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV)
3) Pressure Controlled Inverse Ratio Ventilation (PCIRV)
4) Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV)