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Conventional mechanical ventilation

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2010
The provision of mechanical ventilation for the support of infants and children with respiratory failure or insufficiency is one of the most common techniques that are performed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
Tobias Joseph
doaj   +4 more sources

Complications of mechanical ventilation [PDF]

open access: yesSrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2011
Mechanical ventilation of the lungs, as an important therapeutic measure, cannot be avoided in critically ill patients. However, when machines take over some of vital functions there is always a risk of complications and accidents.
Drašković Biljana, Rakić Goran
doaj   +4 more sources

Home mechanical ventilation: the Dutch approach

open access: yesPulmonology, 2022
In the Netherlands we have an unique organisation of only 4 centres being responsible for all patients who need Home Mechanical ventilation(HMV). Nationwide criteria for referral and initiation of HMV are stated in our national guideline and recently a ...
R.J.M. van den Biggelaar   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19–Related Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death — United States, March–December 2020

open access: yesMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021
Obesity* is a recognized risk factor for severe COVID-19 (1,2), possibly related to chronic inflammation that disrupts immune and thrombogenic responses to pathogens (3) as well as to impaired lung function from excess weight (4).
Lyudmyla Kompaniyets   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustained inflation at birth did not alter lung injury from mechanical ventilation in surfactant-treated fetal lambs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundSustained inflations (SI) are used with the initiation of ventilation at birth to rapidly recruit functional residual capacity and may decrease lung injury and the need for mechanical ventilation in preterm infants.
Hillman, Noah H   +4 more
core   +11 more sources

Effectiveness of therapeutic heparin versus prophylactic heparin on death, mechanical ventilation, or intensive care unit admission in moderately ill patients with covid-19 admitted to hospital: RAPID randomised clinical trial

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2021
Objective To evaluate the effects of therapeutic heparin compared with prophylactic heparin among moderately ill patients with covid-19 admitted to hospital wards. Design Randomised controlled, adaptive, open label clinical trial. Setting 28 hospitals in
M. Sholzberg   +226 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of telemonitoring in patients on home mechanical ventilation

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2023
There is a growing number of patients being treated with long-term home mechanical ventilation (HMV). This poses a challenge for the healthcare system because in-hospital resources are decreasing.
Ries van den Biggelaar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Active Mobilization during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness often develops in patients who are undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Early active mobilization may mitigate ICU-acquired weakness, increase survival, and reduce disability.
C. Hodgson   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Starting HMV at home: a reasonable option for many patients?

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background and objective In the current study, we undertook a more detailed exploration of the reasons why patients undergoing HMV were screened out of a recently published study in order to better understand how applicable home initiation of HMV is ...
Ries J.M. van den Biggelaar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conventional mechanical ventilation versus high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in congenital diaphragmatic hernia of neonates: a systematic review

open access: yesAnaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 2022
Background: Neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) present with respiratory distress and circulatory insufficiency, requiring immediate intubation and mechanical ventilation.
Christopher Kapuangan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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