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Nutrition support for the mechanically ventilated patient
Critical Care Nurse, 1999Nutrition support is a hotly debated topic in most intensive care units. Is enteral nutrition or TPN best? Is gastric or small-bowel feeding safer? Are specialized formulas needed? These are only some of the issues, and the fact remains that there is a paucity of clear, solid data. Folklore has become the standard of practice in many areas of medicine;
Carol Rees, Parrish +1 more
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The Monitoring of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
International Anesthesiology Clinics, 1997Mechanical ventilation may adversely affect cardiovascular stability, pulmonary function, and airway anatomy. Hemodynamic monitoring needs to be adequate to determine the effects of mechanical ventilation on hemodynamic status in a given patient, effects that represent the complex interactions of airway pressure with venous return, right heart function,
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Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Patients
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1987Mechanical ventilation in infants and children is guided by the same principles used in ventilating adults. The child's unique anatomy and pulmonary physiology, however, require special considerations. An understanding of these differences will enable the physician to approach the ventilatory management of pediatric patients in a logical manner.
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Partitioning of respiratory mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients
Journal of Applied Physiology, 1991In ten mechanically ventilated patients, six with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and four with pulmonary edema, we have partitioned the total respiratory system mechanics into the lung (l) and chest wall (w) mechanics using the esophageal balloon technique together with the airway occlusion technique during constant-flow inflation (J ...
G, Polese +5 more
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Components of excess ventilation in patients initiated on mechanical ventilation
Critical Care Medicine, 1991To determine the causes of excess minute ventilation in patients initiated on mechanical ventilation.Prospective study of recently intubated, mechanically ventilated patients.The medical ICU in a county hospital.Fifty-two mechanically ventilated medical ICU patients were studied within 36 hrs of intubation.
S A, Ravenscraft +3 more
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Sedation for the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
Critical Care Clinics, 1995This article discusses the potential benefits of sedation for the mechanically ventilated patient. These benefits include the alleviation of anxiety and pain, which may result in a reduction of oxygen consumption. Other advantages include improved synchronization of a patient's breathing pattern with ventilator settings and better patient care, comfort,
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Patient-Ventilator Trigger Asynchrony in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Chest, 1997To investigate patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony (TA), its prevalence, physiologic basis, and clinical implications in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV).Descriptive and prospective cohort study.Barlow Respiratory Hospital (BRH), a regional weaning center.Two hundred consecutive ventilator-dependent patients, transferred to ...
D C, Chao +2 more
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Mechanical ventilation in obese patients.
Minerva anestesiologica, 2012Recent data show an alarming increasing trend in obesity around the world. Mechanical ventilation in this population requires specific ventilatory settings due to the mechanical and inflammatory alterations observed in obesity. In this line, end-expiratory lung volume is decreased, leading to impairment in the mechanics of the respiratory system, lung ...
P. Leme Silva +2 more
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Patient-ventilator asynchrony during assisted mechanical ventilation
Intensive Care Medicine, 2006The incidence, pathophysiology, and consequences of patient-ventilator asynchrony are poorly known. We assessed the incidence of patient-ventilator asynchrony during assisted mechanical ventilation and we identified associated factors.Sixty-two consecutive patients requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 24 h were included prospectively as soon ...
Arnaud W, Thille +4 more
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Enteral Access in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2004The early institution of enteral nutrition is now accepted as the preferred route of feeding in critically ill patients with a functioning gastrointestinal tract. It is particularly important to establish early enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients because of the metabolic demands associated with mechanical ventilation.
Andrew D, Guidroz, Ayaz J, Chaudhary
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