Tag: mechanical ventilation
How to Run Successful Rounds in the ICU
Rounds in the intensive care unit (ICU) allow for scheduled discussions in which healthcare providers review clinical information and develop care plans for critically ill patients. Despite this straightforward concept, there... read more
Unexplained Mortality Differences Between Septic Shock Trials
Although the definition of septic shock has been standardized, some variation in mortality rates among clinical trials is expected. Insights into the sources of heterogeneity may influence the design and interpretation of... read more
Tracheotomy in the ICU: Guidelines from a French Expert Panel
Tracheotomy is widely used in intensive care units (ICUs), albeit with great disparities between medical teams in terms of frequency and modality. Indications and techniques are, however, associated with variable levels of... read more
Associations With Psychological Outcomes Among Family Members of Mechanical Ventilation Survivors
In this multicenter cross-sectional survey, we interviewed family members of mechanically ventilated patients at the time of transfer from the ICU to the hospital ward. To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore... read more
Translating Evidence Into Practice in ARDS
Although the treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with low tidal volume (LTV) mechanical ventilation improves mortality, it is not consistently administered in clinical practice. This review examines... read more
Single-Center Experience With Venovenous ECMO for Influenza-Related ARDS
Influenza-related ARDS has a high mortality rate and patients treated only with mechanical ventilation have worse outcome than those managed with VV ECMO. More liberal use of ECMO should be considered in patients with influenza-related... read more
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation is a modality commonly used in the critically ill, but many providers, may not have a strong understanding of the basics. Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Physicians need to have a firm grasp of... read more
Lack of Association of High Backrest With Sacral Tissue Changes in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Although higher backrest elevation may be a theoretical risk for integrity of sacral tissues, few data support use of high backrest elevation. Level of backrest elevation is not associated with changes in tissue integrity.... read more
Factors Associated With Bed Utilization and Development of a Benchmarking Model
ICU length of stay (LOS) is an important measure of resource use and economic performance. Our primary aims were to characterize the utilization of PICU beds and to develop a new model for PICU length of stay. PICU bed utilization... read more
Near-Infrared Cerebral Oximetry to Predict Outcome After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Increased SD of a smoothed cerebral tissue oxygen saturation signal and increased depth and duration of desaturation below the 50% saturation threshold were associated with longer PICU and hospital stays and with longer duration... read more
What Role Do Dogs Play in ICUs?
Dr. Megan Hosey PhD speaks about how dogs in the ICU can help lessen patients' pain & make them more hopeful. Getting people out of bed in intensive care units, even when they're being mechanically ventilated, is associated... read more
Finding the Best Strategy to Improve Weaning Outcomes
Respiratory muscle dysfunction, being a common cause of weaning failure, is strongly associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) and prolonged stay in intensive care units. Strategies to improve weaning outcomes... read more
Recovery After Critical Illness: Putting the Puzzle Together
In this review, we seek to highlight how critical illness and critical care affect longer-term outcomes, to underline the contribution of ICU delirium to cognitive dysfunction several months after ICU discharge, to give new... read more
The Association Between ARDS Hospital Case Volume and Mortality
In this cohort, at both an individual- and hospital-level, higher acute respiratory distress syndrome hospital case volume is associated with lower acute respiratory distress syndrome hospital mortality. We analyzed 2,686... read more
Training Approaches for the Deployment of a Mechanical Chest Compression Device
Pit-crew training, compared with standard training, did not improve team deployment of a mechanical chest device in a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. Twenty teams participated in this study, each comprising three clinicians.... read more
Variation of Poorly Ventilated Lung Units Measured by EIT to Dynamically Assess Recruitment
Assessing alveolar recruitment at different positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels is a major clinical and research interest because protective ventilation implies opening the lung without inducing overdistention.... read more
Antipsychotics for Prevention and Treatment of Delirium
Delirium is a common, complex and costly condition in older adults. Every year, over 7 million hospitalized Americans suffer from delirium. A recent systematic review found that 31% of critical care patients have delirium,... read more
Bedside Limited Echocardiography by the Emergency Physician Is Accurate During Evaluation of the Critically Ill Patient
Our study suggests that PEP sonographers are capable of obtaining images that permit accurate assessment of LVF and IVC volume. BLEEP can be performed with focused training and oversight by a pediatric cardiologist. We conducted... read more
Early Application of APRV May Reduce the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
Compared with LTV, early application of airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) in patients with ARDS improved oxygenation and respiratory system compliance, decreased Pplat and reduced the duration of both mechanical... read more
Enteral vs Parenteral Nutrition in Critical Care Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Enteral feeding was not superior to parenteral feeding for early nutritional support in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support for shock, according to the results of a study published... read more
Enabling Machine Learning in Critical Care
Critical care units are home to some of the most sophisticated patient technology within hospitals. In parallel, the field of machine learning is advancing rapidly and increasingly touching our lives. To facilitate the adoption... read more
