Investigation of Ventilator Associated Pneumoniae in Intensive Care Patients [PDF]
Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2016 Objective: Mechanical ventilator associated pneumonia is a serious infection occurred frequently in intensive care units and associated with high mortality.
Hakan Tağrıkulu, +2 more
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A Novel Method to Evaluate Patient-Ventilator Synchrony during Mechanical Ventilation [PDF]
Complexity, 2020 The synchrony of patient-ventilator interaction affects the process of mechanical ventilation which is clinically applied for respiratory support.
Liming Hao +9 more
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Ventilator associated or induced lung injury. Does the name matter? Point and counterpoint [PDF]
Journal of Mechanical VentilationThe terminology used to describe lung injuries in patients receiving mechanical ventilation has significant implications for clinical practice, research, and communication among healthcare professionals.
Aurio Fajardo-Campoverdi, Ehab G. Daoud
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Patients’ weaning from mechanical ventilation: Complete versus incomplete ventilator bundle implementation [PDF]
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2018 Aims and objectives: To examine the effect of complete versus incomplete ventilator bundle implementation on weaning scores among mechanically ventilated patients.
Nahla Shaaban Khalil +2 more
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Ventilator Circuits, Humidification and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [PDF]
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 1996 Technical issues in the care of mechanically ventilated patients include those related to the ventilator circuit, humidification and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Dean Hess
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Power to mechanical power to minimize ventilator-induced lung injury? [PDF]
Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 2019 Mechanical ventilation is a life-supportive therapy, but can also promote damage to pulmonary structures, such as epithelial and endothelial cells and the extracellular matrix, in a process referred to as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI).
Pedro Leme Silva +3 more
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Mechanical ventilator flow and pressure sensors: Does location matter? [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction Accurate measurements of parameters are essential during mechanical ventilation support. These measurements are achieved through sensors that monitor flows, volumes and pressures.
Mia Shokry +5 more
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Aerosol dispersion in a ventilator circuit: towards a model for enhancing our understanding of ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]
, 2023 Background Patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours are at risk for developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Methods We investigated aerosol flow in a ventilator circuit attached to test lungs to better understand how
Gregory T Carroll, David L Kirschman
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Rapid review of patient-ventilator dyssynchrony [PDF]
, 2022 Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony (PVD) is often described as a patient “fighting” the ventilator. In fact, there are many forms of dyssynchrony some of which can very subtle.
Patel, Priyank +3 more
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Design, Modeling, and Fabrication of a Ventilator Prototype - A Successful Student Project Story [PDF]
, 2021 In this work, we use a group project approach for a group of undergraduate students to design and develop a mechanical ventilator, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A student group project composed of a team of undergraduate students has successfully
Francis Iloeje +11 more
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