mechanically ventilated patients
Effectiveness of communication board on communication pattern and level of satisfaction among mechanically ventilated patients at kmch, Coimbatore
... Mechanically ventilated patients are unable to express their feelings and needs through verbal communication because the endotracheal tubes running through their vocal cords make speech impossible, ...
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Pain measurement techniques: spotlight on mechanically ventilated patients
... in mechanically ventilated patients (pupillometry, skin conductance and BIS index) were identified and described in this ...in mechanically ventilated patients to improve ...
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Adverse events during rotary wing transport of mechanically ventilated patients: a retrospective cohort study
... of mechanically ventilated patients transferred to a tertiary care medical center, rotary- wing aeromedical transport was safe, with a notable absence of major adverse events during ...ill ...
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Early mobilization of mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit
... of mechanically ventilated patients In a recent worldwide epidemiological survey, the survival rate of patients hospitalized in the ICU who met the diagnostic criteria of acute respiratory ...
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Changes in pulse pressure variability during cardiac resynchronization therapy in mechanically ventilated patients
... ventilating patients with smaller tidal volumes ...we ventilated patients with a tidal volume of 7 to 8 ml/kg body weight at a respiration rate of 10 to 12 per ...in mechanically ...
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A novel sampling method to detect airborne influenza and other respiratory viruses in mechanically ventilated patients: a feasibility study
... in mechanically ventilated patients com- pared to non-ventilated ...These patients have an exposed lower airway (the endotracheal tube bypasses the upper airway defence which normally ...
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Cisapride decreases gastric content aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients
... (ICU) patients and even higher in intubated and mechanically ventilated ...ill patients and is associated with gastric con- tents aspiration ...
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Complications in mechanically ventilated patients of Guillain-Barre syndrome and their prognostic value.
... consecutive mechanically ventilated patients of GBS in neurology Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a tertiary care institute for 10 years was ...173 patients were 118 men and 55 women ...these ...
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Daily laxative therapy reduces organ dysfunction in mechanically ventilated patients: a phase II randomized controlled trial
... ill, mechanically ventilated patients admitted to two gen- eral, mixed ICUs (9 and 17 beds) at a Brazilian university ...assigned patients in a 1:1 ratio to a daily defecation group or to a ...
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Impact of nosocomial pneumonia on the outcome of mechanically ventilated patients
... in mechanically-ventilated patients, and despite some advances in antibiotic therapy it remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality ...in patients with ...
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Postoperative pneumonia following cardiac surgery in non ventilated patients versus mechanically ventilated patients: is there any difference?
... CS patients developed postoperative pneumonia, including 120 (47%) cases of ...non-VAP. Patients with VAP had more frequent history of congestive heart failure (31% ...than patients with ...unit, ...
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A comparison of earlier and enhanced rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated patients in critical care compared to standard care (REHAB): study protocol for a single-site randomised controlled feasibility trial
... Survivors of critical illness suffer from high mortality and significant physical, cognitive and psychological morbidity following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU), a process now termed “postintensive care ...
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An evidence based recommendation on bed head elevation for mechanically ventilated patients
... Six reviewers assessed trial quality independently by eval- uating each study to determine concealment of treatment allocation, double-blinding, completeness of follow-up, use of intention-to-treat analysis, selective ...
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Cardiac output estimation using pulmonary mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients
... First, the ranges of allowable PEEP for ventilation vary significantly between patients [5]. If PEEP is set too high, healthy, non-ARDS alveoli may over inflate, which can cause more harm to the patient [6]. ...
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Sizing the lung of mechanically ventilated patients
... mechanics on lung function of recumbent patients with injured lungs. It is very much in line with recent eso- phageal manometry-based estimates of chest wall recoil in this population and undermines the rationale ...
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Driving pressure is not associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated patients without ARDS
... of patients in our study cohort were managed with APC ventilation, which is a dual-controlled ventilation wherein the ventilator at- tempts to achieve tidal volume using a pressure-limited delivery format at the ...
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Change in diaphragm and intercostal muscle thickness in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective observational ultrasonography study
... No articles reporting on intercostal muscle atrophy in the ICU were found by the literature search. Therefore, a feas- ible sample size of 80 patients was planned for enrollment based on two studies on diaphragm ...
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Feasibility of titrating PEEP to minimum elastance for mechanically ventilated patients
... 14. Brower RG, Lanken PN, MacIntyre N, Matthay MA, Morris A, Ancukiewicz M, et al. Higher versus lower positive end-expiratory pressures in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. ...
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Contamination of nebulisers and surrounding air at the bedside of mechanically ventilated patients
... Although identical micro-organisms were identified in both nebulisers and the surrounding air in two instances in the current study, it cannot be assumed that the surrounding air was the only contributor to nebuliser ...
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Management and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac arrest
... We collected data on baseline characteristics and blood gas measurements at ICU admission, daily ventilator set- tings, clinical management, and blood gas measurements, characteristics and observed complications while ...
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