Báo cáo y học: "Determinants of weaning success in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation" ppsx

... signal. The work of Vassilakopoulos and colleagues [7] included patients who initially failed a weaning trial and followed them to the point of successful weaning. Compared with SW patients, FW patients ... and T 1 , suggesting that the ventilatory strategy adopted by the patients during a T-piece trial is not the main determinant of weaning success, as described in mo...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... although the incidence of extrapyramidal AEs may vary among the atypical antipsychotics [13]. Atypical long-acting antipsy- chotic therapy, a relatively new treatment modality in man y sys tems of care, ... of schizophrenia by using a long-acting formulation of an antipsychotic: clinical studies. J Clin Psychiatry 2003, 64(Suppl 16):34-40. 5. McEvoy JP: Risks versus benefits of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... that changes in metabolic parameters in patients treated with antipsychotics may, in part, be genetically determined [17]. MetS is characterized by the coincidence of hyperten- sion, abdominal ob esity, ... treated with any antipsychotic medication, though these may differ in grade and type according to Table 8 Laboratory test: patients with values out of the laboratory...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... from nine healthy subjects, eleven IPF patients and nine EP patients. We examined the expression of 42 different cytokines in EBC using a cyto- kine assay method. The cytokine and chemokine profil- ing ... T, Nakanishi M, Yamagata T, Minakata Y, Ichinose M: Airway cytokine expression measured by means of protein array in exhaled breath condensate: correlation with physiologic pr...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... confirms that the initial portion of the P–V curve in ZEEP is essentially influenced by the infla- tion of previously normally aerated lung regions. When the ini- tial increase in lung volume measured ... meas- ured in true static end-expiratory conditions and can be influenced by aeration changes occurring during the initial part of the inflation P–V curve performed in ZEEP con...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 10 mmHg and 80% fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) to maintain the oxygen saturation of 91% with PCO2 (partial pressure of carbon dioxide) and PO2 (partial pressure of ... ante- rolaterally into the right chest preceded by the introduc- tion of index finger and sweeping manoeuvre explained by the BTS guidelines [1]. It is imperative to appreciat...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... mice by 3 cycles of 5 days of 3% DSS in drinking water, followed by 16 days of plain water. LMP-420 therapy was given parenterally (i.p.) or orally in food to groups of 5 mice, beginning after ... profile, we hypothesized that in vivo therapy with LMP-420 would decrease intestinal production of pro-inflammatory cytokines including TNF and thus decrease intestinal inflamma...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... the definition of outcome and setting and management of patients within the trial. Clarity is needed in the report- ing of these trials, particul arly in defining exacerbations, reporting the ... risk of pneumonia. We systematically reviewed trials in which ICS have been withdrawn from patients with COPD, with the aim of determining the effect of withdrawal, understa...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... effects of withdrawing ICS in patients with COPD in secondary care [21,22,24,25]. Our findings in primary care patients are broadly similar. The COPE study examined time to first exacerbation in 244 ... unblinded study set in primary care found an increase in patients having an exac- erbation of COPD after ICS withdrawal [26]. Our study did not detect any significant d...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... primary inter- vention in patients with lean body mass [31]. Corticosteroids, routinely used to manage chronic inflam- mation, have negative consequences, including steroid myopathy of respiratory ... respiratory muscle force and FEV 1 [18]. Our findings could be explained by several factors. Patients with severe disease probably have a decrease in tension produced by inspirato...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21