Need for assisted ventilation and mortality
Results: Of 124 patients, 44 required assisted ventilation. The need for ventilator support was significantly
... required assisted ventilation. The need for ventilator support was significantly more with greater time duration of institution of specific treatment, low level of sensorium at admission, pin point ...
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Assisted ventilation in COPD – association between previous hospitalizations and mortality
... We chose to include only patients with COPD who had redeemed prescriptions for obstructive airway diseases medication within the year preceding ventilation. This excluded 49% of all patients whose hospitalizations ...
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Need for therapeutic interventions as a predictor of mortality in intensive care
... Methods This retrospective study was conducted at four Critinext affi liates where the eICU was being used to provide 24 × 7 support on 89 ICU beds from a remote command center with intensivist and other requisite staff ...
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Changing Infant Mortality: The Need to Spend More While Getting Less
... It may be that the full benefits of the constellation of social, economic, public health, and health care system organization and medical care measures now available may still not have b[r] ...
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Clinical review: Respiratory mechanics in spontaneous and assisted ventilation
... of ventilation could not be performed for longer than 45 ...inadequate ventilation, carbon dioxide levels in the blood increase and indicate a need for mechanical ...
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Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy: Assisted Ventilation Duration and Outcome
... of ventilation has been examined as an indicator of outcome in a few ...uniform mortality for children who require ventila- tion for ⬎ 30 days on the basis of results from 4 ...
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Ethical challenges in tracheostomy-assisted ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... The need for good decision-making processes The ethical challenges examined here substantiate the claim that treatment with TIV is not necessarily in the best interests of the ALS patient or the next of kin, even ...
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Impact of prolonged assisted ventilation on diaphragmatic efficiency: NAVA versus PSV
... As patient-ventilator interactions change over time, this is strength of our study. On the other hand, we must ac- knowledge the following study limitations. First, despite contribution of the diaphragm to more than 75 % ...
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Neonatal Assisted Ventilation: Predictors, Frequency, and Duration in a Mature Managed Care Organization
... In choosing predictor variables for our models, we aimed to select risk factors that could be easily iden- tified on admission to the NICU and would not be influenced by the treatment the patient received. Al- though ...
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Tracheostomies and Assisted Ventilation in Children With Profound Disabilities: Navigating Family and Professional Values
... who need assis- ted ventilation are a very small pop- ulation, and the cost of care for them does not compare with expenditures for adults in the last months of ...
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Respiratory weakness after mechanical ventilation is associated with one year mortality a prospective study
... Risk factors for weakness and recovery of inspiratory muscles We chose to evaluate inspiratory muscle capacity just before extubation to isolate the risk factors for mortality relating to hospitalisation in the ...
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The use of non-invasive ventilation for life-threatening asthma attacks: Changes in the need for intubationresp_
... mortality by preventing deterioration in the condition of the patients. Moreover, most patients in the present study began to improve relatively quickly and did not require MV for a long period. The use of NIV may ...
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Thermal modelling and performance assessment of a circular greenhouse with solar chimney assisted ventilation and fog Cooling
... Greenhouses in hot and humid regions suffered from excessive temperature during sunshine period, as solar radiation intensity is very high. The reductions of temperature well below the ambient temperature as well as ...
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Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Requiring Prolonged Endotracheal and Noninvasive Assisted Ventilation: Not a Uniformly Fatal Condition
... the need for chronic sedation and neuromuscular blockade, which would further weaken the respiratory muscu- lature of these ...mechanical ventilation for as long as 127 days is compatible with survival past ...
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ASSISTED VENTILATION IN NEONATES
... Note: In general, the presence of two or more of the above parameters in a neonate will be an indication for mechanical ventilation. In case blood gas analysis is not available, it is quite safe, practical and ...
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OXYGEN AND ASSISTED VENTILATION FOR COPD
... and assisted ventilation (or noninvasive ventilation, NIV) are treatments that can improve COPD patients’ symptoms, quality of life, activities of daily living, and ...and assisted ...
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CFD modelling of atrium assisted natural ventilation
... natural ventilation flows in a single storey space connected to a tall atrium have been ...displacement ventilation flows driven by thermal buoyant plumes in connected ...
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Atrium assisted natural ventilation of multi storey buildings
... natural ventilation flow in buildings at the design stage it is useful to use modelling techniques to investigate the possible ventilation flow rates, temperature gradients and stratification within the ...
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Differential lung ventilation for increased oxygenation during one lung ventilation for video assisted lung surgery
... vasoconstriction, decrease the shunt [4, 5]. The hypox- emia is usually not severe; however, in some cases, life threatening hypoxemia occurs that responds poorly to corrective maneuvers [6]. Applying positive end ...
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A numerical investigation into the feasibility of a passive-assisted natural ventilation device
... building ventilation; one common device is a natural ventilation stack shown in figure ...further assisted by the windward and leeward pressures exerted on it by the external wind ...
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