Báo cáo y học: "Noninvasive mechanical ventilation during the weaning process: facilitative, curative, or preventive" potx

... significant decrease in mortality, in the incidence of ventilator-associated Commentary Noninvasive mechanical ventilation during the weaning process: facilitative, curative, or preventive? Massimo ... the study. The length of stay in the intensive care unit, the duration of mechanical ventilation after randomization, and the mortality were not statistically...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... surgery, recent gastric or esophageal surgery, tracheotomy, excessive respiratory secretion, agitation, or non- cooperative behavior were excluded from the study. This study was approved by the ... inspiratory pressure (PI max ). PI max , defined as the max- imal inspiratory effort sustained by the patient for 20 seconds, by means of a unidirectional valve, allows for expiration o...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... support prior to the deconnection from the ven- tilator on a T-piece, and subsequently at the end of the SBT (i.e., before the planned extubation or before the reconnection to the ventilator required ... closely monitored during the SBT, as widely advocated [1]. Doppler echocardiography TTE was performed by experienced operators with a level 3 competence in echocardiograph...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... of ventilator- associated pneumonia in the different groups. Any of these factors could have influenced pa tient morbidity, mortality, or weaning ability. Third, we did not assess the outcomes ... hemodynamic stability, no vasoactive drug infusion for 24 hours or more before transfer, stable oxygen requirements (frac- tion of inspired oxygen 40% or more, and positive end- expirato...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... heterogeneity was mainly a result of the lung anatomy itself, although gravity also played a role. In sick lungs, the proportion of the total variance attributed to the ventral-dorsal axis probably ... commentary [1], we proposed that a certain degree of ventilation heterogeneity could be good during mechanical ventilation. Heterogeneity of ventilation and perfusion is i...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... brain-lung interaction during MV and indicate the importance of the v entilatory settings used. These f indings may, therefore, have clinical relevance and emphasize the importance of further research ... in the inflammatory cascade. Mechanical ventilation triggered lung and systemic inflammatory responses. Compared to LVt, HVt promoted an increase in inflammatory markers mainly...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... clearly separated by the proximity of the cells to the joint space and the bone respectively, alignment of the chondrocytes along the arcades of Benninghoff [29] and by the appearance of hypertrophic cells. ... visualized using the Ann5-Cy3 apoptosis detection kit (APOAC; Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) as directed by the supplier. The assay uses the Cy3.18 dye as red fluoroc...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... VILI. For this reason, we employed a protocol that standardized the respiratory rate and inspiratory:expiratory ratio between the groups (respiratory rate, 20/min; inspira- tory:expiratory ratio, ... mechanical damage to the pulmonary parenchyma (VILI) and will signifi- cantly exacerbate morbidity and mortality [18,21]. Critique of the model Respiratory rate, inspratory:expiratory r...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), the cannabinoid CB 1 and CB 2 receptors, and one of the enzymes mostly responsible for endocannabinoid hydrolysis, the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). By using a very ... was used in order to evaluate any variation in the RNA content and cDNA synthesis in the different prepa- rations. Furthermore, the PCR primers for glyceraldehyde- 3-phosphate de...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 07:20

... and type II collagen, and act as a physical and mechanical support for the seeded cells and their developing matrix until the poly- mer is remodeled by the host tissue [21]. Therefore, the clini- cal ... within the scaffold the cells lay in a uniform array at the palisade. The average pore size in the unit area on the top sur- face of the scaffold was 300µm. Since the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22