Tag: mechanical ventilation
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults
Official Executive Summary of an American Thoracic Society/American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Adults. The panel provides recommendations... read more
Recruitment manoeuvres for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving mechanical ventilation
Ten trials met the inclusion criteria for this review (n = 1658 participants). We found five trials to be at low risk of bias and five to be at moderate risk of bias.... read more
New Guidelines for Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU
The goal of the guidelines is to help physicians and other healthcare professionals determine when patients with acute respiratory failure can breathe on their own and to provide clinical advice that may increase the chances... read more
Communication App Helps Patients Voice Their Needs
An innovative tablet-based application offers intubated and ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients a way to converse with their medical staff.... read more
