Tag: ventilation

Cricoid Pressure at Lower Forces Does Not Increase Oxygen Consumption

A pilot study has found that patients randomly assigned to cricoid pressure or sham treatment showed no difference in time to lowest peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) or lowest SpO2 during anesthesia induction... read more

Spontaneous breathing trial and post-extubation work of breathing in morbidly obese critically ill patients

Predicting whether an obese critically ill patient can be successfully extubated may be specially challenging. Several weaning tests have been described but no physiological study has evaluated the weaning test that would... 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

High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation

For high-risk critically ill patients who have undergone extubation, high-flow conditioned oxygen therapy is not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation.... read more

Capnography best practices to improve patient handoff reports

Use these documentation and handoff tips to communicate important patient information to ED and ICU staff unfamiliar with capnography. Waveform capnography is an example of EMS as an early adopter of emerging technology.... read more