... with VC in patients with acuterespiratoryfailure Other subgroups, such as acute severe asthma or ARDS, could be a focus for attention A recent review recommends pressure-control ventilation ... Two patients in the VC group failed the assigned mode of ventilation of PIP > 50 cmH2O Discussion This study shows the advantage of using the PRVC mode for ventilation during acuterespiratoryfailure ... Acuterespiratoryfailure following pharmacologically-induced hyperventilation: an experimental animal study Intensive Care Med 1987, 15:8-14 Beale R, Grover ER, Smithies M, Bihari D: Acute respiratory...
... in patients with acuterespiratoryfailure We tested the hypothesis that tracheostomy, when performed prior to active weaning, does not influence the duration of weaning or of MV, and does not ... comparing patients receiving 'early' or 'late' tracheostomy Moreover, it is not certain which end-points can be affected by the timing of tracheostomy, as it does not alter the course of respiratoryfailure ... patients [6] Taken together, the existing literature reflects the difficulty in conducting and analyzing studies of the potential benefits of tracheostomy in patients with acuterespiratory failure...
... days 24 ± 24 12 ± NS 5/5 0/10 < 0.001 ICU mortality, (%) ALI/ARDSP vs ALI/ARDSS ALI/ARDSp = primary ALI /ARDS; ALI/ARDSs = secondary ALI /ARDS; BMI = body mass index; F = female; IAH = intra-abdominal ... surgical ALI /ARDS patients was associated with an improved oxygenation [23] We did not find differences in ITBVI, EVLWI and hemodynamics between ALI /ARDS patients with and without IAH Our patients ... Conclusions We found that in patients with ALI /ARDS, IAH did not markedly affect respiratory system mechanics, gas exchange, hemodynamics and EVLWI PEEP did not affect respiratory mechanics, alveolar...
... (7-23) 0.19 ALI /ARDS n (%) 68 (7.0%) 13 (4.5%) 20 (6.0%) 0.40 ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARF, acuterespiratory failure; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology ... decreases after ARF [29] and ARDS [5], and it may even be lower after ARDS compared with other critically ill patients Figure EQ-5D index of respondents of acuterespiratoryfailure at one year compared ... and type or duration of ventilatory support in patients with ARF Abbreviations ARDS: adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARF: acuterespiratory failure; CI: confidence interval; CPAP: continuous...
... mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with acuterespiratoryfailure • Cessation of established beta-blocker therapy in ICU patients admitted with acuterespiratoryfailure appears ... extends this finding to ICU patients with respiratoryfailure While early diagnosis is often difficult to perform in ICU patients presenting with acuterespiratory failure, this finding may be ... admission in patients with cardiac aetiology of respiratoryfailure (adjudicated final diagnosis of heart failure; P = 0.008) and patients with non-cardiac aetiology of respiratoryfailure (adjudicated...
... general, patients with respiratoryfailure may be classified into two groups, depending on the component of the respiratory system that is involved: hypoxemic respiratoryfailure and hypercapnic respiratory ... is referred to as acute hypoxemic respiratoryfailure [7] In this setting, NPPV may be considered Hypercapnic respiratoryfailure (known as type II) Hypercapnic respiratoryfailure (type II) ... load on the respiratory muscles and increase the level of alveolar ventilation should be instituted in children with type II respiratoryfailure When to use NPPV for acuterespiratory failure? When...
... delivery By step-by-step exclusion of every possible cause of acute lung injury, we concluded that this is a rare case of acuterespiratoryfailure due to AFE in a twin pregnancy Case presentation ... scheduled Cesarean section, the patient developed acuterespiratory distress and was transferred to the ICU Acute myocardial infarction was not supported by typical electrocardiographic and echocardiographic ... approximately 48 hours before the onset of acuterespiratoryfailure High spinal anesthesia associated with vasomotor block, profound bradycardia and respiratory insufficiency could be responsible...
... disease (COPD) or acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is presented in Figure Patients with COPD are hypoxemic because of increased dispersion of the distributions of perfusion and ventilation, ... HPV is still operative in most patients with ARDS is indicated by the clinical observation of acute pulmonary hypertension at accidental interruption of artificial ventilation, and by the hypoxemic ... relevance only in situations of lifethreatening hypoxemia Most patients with ARDSnot die from asphyxia, but from multiple organ failure Effects of anesthesia Spinal anesthesia has been shown...
... = 2) organs in failure are merged because of the small number of patients *Any combination of acuterespiratoryfailure (ARF) and other severe organ failure SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology ... groups of patients with acuterespiratoryfailure (ARF) alone and ARF with other organ failure during their hospital stay (from days 1–10) various reasons (6 patients: chronic renal failure/ renal ... unit (ICU) discharge in five groups of patients with acuterespiratoryfailure (ARF) Patients dying in the ICU are represented with survival = OF, organ failure Arterial oxygen tension/fractional...
... surgery patients, neurosurgical patients, patients younger than the age of 15, patients treated in referring ICUs for longer than 12 hours and patients with intoxications were excluded For nine patients ... treatment was given to 63 patients: 48 patients received sympathomimetic drugs, either inotropes alone (27 patients) , norepinephrine alone (12 patients) or their combination (9 patients) Vasodilators ... out of 83 patients were operated on before admission or during the first day, and 64/83 patients were mechanically ventilated Sepsis was identified in 20 out of 83 patients Fifty-two patients...
... The acuterespiratory distress syndrome N Engl J Med 2000, 342:1334-1349 Milberg JA, Davis DR, Steinberg KP, Hudson LD: Improved survival of patients with acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) : ... multicenter registry of patients with acuterespiratory distress syndrome Physiology and outcome Am Rev Respir Dis 199, 146:419-426 22 The AcuteRespiratory Distress Syndrome Network: Ventilation with ... Onarheim H, Aardal S: Outcome after acuterespiratoryfailure is more dependent on dysfunction in other vital organs than on the severity of the respiratoryfailure Crit Care 2003, 7:R72-R77 Lewandowski...
... positive-pressure ventilation for respiratoryfailure after extubation N Engl J Med 2004, 350:2452-2460 Keenan SP, Powers C, McCormack DG, Block G: Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for ... E, Grassi M, Carlucci A, Beltrame F, Navalesi P: Noninvasive ventilation to prevent respiratoryfailure after extubation in high-risk patients Crit Care Med 2005, 33:2465-2470 Demling RH, Read ... different inspiratory rise time and cycling off criteria during pressure support ventilation in patients recovering from acute lung injury Crit Care Med 2003, 31:2604-2610 Prinianakis G, Delmastro...
... Noninvasive ventilation for acuterespiratoryfailure JAMA 2002, 288:932-935 doi:10.1186/cc8896 Cite this article as: Winck JC, Marinho A: Non-invasive ventilation in acuterespiratoryfailure related to ... ventilation in acuterespiratory distress syndrome? A meta-analysis Respir Med 2006, 100:2235-2238 Ramsey CD, Funk D, Miller III DF, Kumar A: Ventilator management for hypoxemic respiratoryfailure ... Portillo I, Galván B, León-Gil C; H1N1 SEMICYUC Working Group: Intensive care adult patients with severe respiratoryfailure caused by Influenza A (H1N1)v in Spain Crit Care 2009, 13:R148 Djibré M,...
... of patients may progress to the third and critical phase This phase is characterized by the development of an acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) commonly necessitating mechanical ventilation ... and morphogenesis of severe acute Page 15 of 16 (page number not for citation purposes) Respiratory Research 2005, 6:8 http:/ /respiratory- research.com/content/6/1/8 respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated ... As these uncommon translation mechanisms are not very Page of 16 (page number not for citation purposes) Respiratory Research 2005, 6:8 A http:/ /respiratory- research.com/content/6/1/8 So far,...
... Outbreak of severe acuterespiratory syndrome – worldwide, 2003 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003, 52:226-228 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cluster of severe acuterespiratory syndrome ... simulated in a negative-pressure room on the ward, we noted that there were items in the room that could not be disinfected, such as cork bulletin boards Subsequently, we went to every negative-pressure ... (page number not for citation purposes) Poutanen SM, Low DE, Henry B, Finkelstein S, Rose D, Green K, Tellier R, Draker R, Adachi D, Ayers M, et al.: Identification of severe acute respiratory...
... heart failure [1] Acuterespiratoryfailure (ARF) is one of the major causes of consultation of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs) and is the key symptom of most cardiac and respiratory ... 21 (4%); 23 patients (4%) received home oxygen A cough was noted in 222 patients (43%), expectoration in 91 (18%), chest pain in 33 (6%), and hemoptysis in (1%) patients Most of the patients had ... 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Critical Care Vol 10 No Ray et al Table Additional inclusion criteria and severity of acuterespiratoryfailure Criterion Number of patients (%), or...
... intensity and outcome of patients aged 80 and older in intensive care units: a multicenter matched-cohort study J Am Geriatr Soc 2005, 53:88-93 Behrendt CE: Acuterespiratoryfailure in the United ... [10,11] Short-term survival of patients older than 65 years, however, is significantly lower than that for younger patients Also, in a population of critically ill elderly patients, a significant relationship ... therapies and donot-resuscitate orders, the results were difficult to generalize In addition, as for all studies conducted in populations of severely ill elderly patients, a selection bias cannot be eliminated...
... PTSD; 'low-scoring patients' , patients with a PTSS-10 score below the cutoff score; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; ARDS, acuterespiratory distress ... intensive care wards Effect of mechanical ventilation The duration of mechanical ventilation was not associated with the severity of PTSD symptoms in our study, suggesting that mechanical ventilation ... obtained from patients at the time that the questionnaires were sent Patients All patients were referred to our ICU from other German and European hospitals for the treatment of severe ARDS, and...
... Introduction Most patients with acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) die not from hypoxaemia but from multiple organ failure [1] Protective ventilation strategies using low tidal volumes not necessarily ... timing of death in patients with ARDS Chest 2005, 128:525-532 Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acuterespiratory distress ... lung damage score was not different between the two groups in our experiment (data not shown) Nevertheless, it has to be recognised that our results may not be transferable to ARDS with a different...