Ventilated Patients
Pain measurement techniques: spotlight on mechanically ventilated patients
... This review showed that objective measures, such as behav- ioral scales, are the most commonly used in adults unable to self-report their pain. Vital signs recording is not recom- mended as a reliable technique, since ...
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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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Impact of nosocomial pneumonia on the outcome of mechanically ventilated patients
... 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 ventilator-associated ...
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Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial pneumonia: is the outcome more favorable in non ventilated than ventilated patients?
... all patients with at least one positive blood culture for ...[16]. Patients <18 years of age and those with incom- plete medical records were ...Mechanical ventilated patients not admitted ...
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Forced oscillation assessment of respiratory mechanics in ventilated patients
... in ventilated patients with a simple loud- speaker-in-box system is to connect it to the expiratory outlet of the ventilator ...nonparalysed patients, allows measurements only during ...
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Reliability of respiratory pressure measurements in ventilated and non-ventilated patients in ICU: an observational study
... 7]. It is important to carry out longitudinal evaluations of respiratory muscle strength after mechanical ventila- tion in order to increase understanding of the relation- ship between strength and long-term rates of ...
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Early mobilization of mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit
... 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 distress ...
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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 ...
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Clinical course and complications following diagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients
... autoregulation the same absolute value of MAP can have different effects on the blood flow and vital func- tions. Hemodynamic and respiratory variables in critical care and ventilated patients markedly ...
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Adverse events during rotary wing transport of mechanically ventilated patients: a retrospective cohort study
... 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 patients with ...
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Intrathoracic pressure regulation therapy applied to ventilated patients for treatment of compromised cerebral perfusion from brain injury
... Methods: At three institutions, active intrathoracic pressure regulation therapy (CirQlator ™ , ZOLL) was utilized for 2 consecutive hours in five mechanically ventilated patients with brain injury. A ...
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Feasibility of titrating PEEP to minimum elastance for mechanically ventilated patients
... A further potential limitation is that several studies have reported that not all patients benefit from RM. In particular, Fan et al. [48], Pelosi et al. [49] and Guerin et al. [44] have reported conflicting ...
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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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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
... all patients are assessed by the physiotherapy team within 24 h of admission to critical ...conditions. Patients con- tinue to be seen on a daily basis on weekdays, with rehabilitation commencing based on ...
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Management and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac arrest
... In this large retrospective analysis of prospective obser- vational cohort, we described the evolution of ventilator management, and the occurrence of pulmonary and other non-respiratory organ failure over time. Further- ...
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Postoperative pneumonia following cardiac surgery in non ventilated patients versus mechanically ventilated patients: is there any difference?
... to patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) ...of patients with ...these patients, we assessed the in- cidence, clinical and microbiologic features, treatment characteristics and prognosis ...
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Pseudo-outbreak of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Acinetobacter baumannii by a Contaminated Bronchoscope in an Intensive Care Unit
... mechanically ventilated patients in one of our intensive care units who had positive BAL cultures for ...in patients who are critically ill and are mechanically ventilated that a) during ...
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Blindly inserted nasogastric feeding tubes and thoracic complications in intensive care
... 10 patients developed pneumonia at the former site of the tip of the malpositioned tube ...mechanically ventilated patients ...mechanically ventilated patients ...intubated ...
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Significant changes in the practice of chest radiography in Dutch intensive care units: a web-based survey
... The indications for routine CXRs suggested by the re- sponders in our survey are, in general, comparable to the indications suggested in the surveys performed by Graat et al. and Hejblum et al. [35,36]. There is still ...
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Improving Care of Patients on Non-invasive Ventilation in General Wards
... non-invasively ventilated patients in general wards, which require trainings on care of non-invasively ventilated ...non-invasively ventilated patients before and after intervention, to ...
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