[PDF] Top 20 Pneumothorax and mortality in the mechanically ventilated SARS patients: a prospective clinical study

... This study included patients with SARS who were admitted to an isolation ICU at Taipei Veterans General ...All patients satisfied the WHO case definition for SARS ...the study ... See full document

... large mortality benefit in starting this earlier rather than later ...after study enrollment, which could have overestimated our non-ARDS mortality and underesti- mated ARDS ... See full document

... The patients were studied during a period of clinical stability, no more than 72 hours after the onset of mechanical ventila- ...All patients were orotracheally intubated (low-pressure cuff ... See full document

... in mechanically ventilated patients has been well-documented in the literature, suggesting these data are generalizable outside of our hospital [2, ...the study design, unmeasured confounders ... See full document

... present study, therefore, was to objectively measure diaphragm strength in a cross- section of mechanically ventilated MICU patients and to test the specific hypothesis that the severity of ... See full document

... our study, strength was assessed in a subset of patients at ICU discharge using the ...Importantly, patients in the current study with higher strength scores at ICU discharge were more likely ... See full document

... septic patients and their concentrations were associated with severity and evolution of organ dysfunc- tions and death ...susceptible patients and increasing morbidity, mortality, length of ICU stay ... See full document

... our study indicate that despite strong evi- dence that correlates sedation depth with worse clinical outcomes, most ICU patients were deeply sedated during their ICU ...high mortality observed ... See full document

... for patients under mechanical ventilation (MV) in the ...in clinical practice ...used mortality as the primary outcome. In addition, clinical trials of sedation have until now enrolled ... See full document

... of mechanically ventilated patients ...of patients had macroscopic bleeding in one study in the Netherlands, in which all patients received selective digestive decontamination, ... See full document

... ill patients treated with recombinant human EPO (rHuEPO). Mortality and adverse clinical events were not statistically different between groups in either ...ill patients. The authors noted a ... See full document

... in clinical trials, we believe the NMA approach has the potential to identify the strategy that most effectively and safely avoids unnecesary days of mechanical ...our study may face certain limitations, ... See full document

... these patients, and the underlying causes are multifac- ...the clinical status, medications, and ventilatory settings should be further investigated as potential ... See full document

... of patients will have altered consciousness caused by illness and therapeutic sedation and will lack ...the study and ask about their opinion of the wishes and feelings of the patient if they had ... See full document

... The critically ill polytrauma patient presents with a series of associated pathophysiologies secondary to the traumatic injuries. The most important include systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, ... See full document

... Exclusion criteria were: age < 18 years, last smok- ing > 72 h before inclusion, smoking ≤ 10 cigarettes/ day, > 48 h after hospital admission admitted to the ICU, expected duration of mechanical ventilation ≤ ... See full document

... 21. Rowbotham DJ, Nimmo WS: Effects of cisapride on morphine induced delay in gastric emptying. Br J Anaesth 1987, 59:536–539. 22. Richards RD, Valenzuela GA, Davenport KG, et al: Objective and sub- jective results of ... See full document

... a Clinical Trial study. The study population included all ventilators connected to the patients admitted to intensive care ...the patients were enrolled in the study and the ... See full document

... 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. ... See full document

... a study on ―A systematic review of the effectiveness of nurse communication with patients with complex communication needs with a focus on the use of augmentative and alternative communication ...The ... See full document