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Ventilator Weaning in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation-A Narrative Review. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Medicine
Patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) beyond 21 days, usually referred to as prolonged MV, represent a unique group with significant medical needs and a generally poor prognosis.
Tamás Dolinay   +13 more
core   +6 more sources

Variation in definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation [PDF]

open access: yesRespiratory Care, 2017
Consistency of definitional criteria for terminology applied to describe patient cohorts receiving mechanical ventilation within intensive care unit and post-acute care settings is important for understanding prevalence, risk stratification ...
Rose, Louise   +12 more
core   +7 more sources

Physiotherapy and weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation [PDF]

open access: yesRespiratory Care, 2019
BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation represent up to 15% of all patients requiring weaning from mechanical ventilation. Although recent guidelines have recommended including physiotherapy early during mechanical ventilation to
Ambrosino, Nicolino   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation* [PDF]

open access: yesCritical Care Medicine, 2009
Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) provision is increasing markedly despite poor patient outcomes. Misunderstanding prognosis in the PMV decision making process could provide an explanation to this phenomenon.
Martinu, Tereza   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilation* [PDF]

open access: yesCritical Care Medicine, 2007
Patients who receive prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) have high resource utilization and relatively poor outcomes, especially the elderly, and are increasing in number.
Carson, Shannon S.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Tracheostomy timing and weaning outcomes following prolonged mechanical ventilation [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Controversy exists on the optimal timing for performing a tracheostomy in critically ill patients, particularly in terms of clinical outcomes such as weaning failures, mechanical ventilation duration, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and ...
Alessandro Ghiani   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prolonged mechanical ventilation in Swedish intensive care units: patient characteristics, prevalence, weaning and challenges in care

open access: yes, 2021
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the care of adult patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in Swedish intensive care units (ICUs).
Cederwall, Carl-Johan
core   +2 more sources

Chronic hypoxia prolongs postoperative mechanical ventilation and reduces the left atrial pressure threshold in children with tetralogy of Fallot

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundChronic hypoxia induces pulmonary microvascular endothelial dysfunction. The left atrial pressure (LAP) represents the hydrostatic pressure of pulmonary microcirculation.
Jiangshan Huang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical impact of preoperative diaphragm dysfunction on early outcomes and ventilation function in lung transplant: a single-center retrospective study

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2022
Background Clinical impact of preoperative diaphragm dysfunction on lung transplantation has not been studied. We aimed to evaluate how preoperative diaphragm dysfunction affects clinical outcomes and ventilation function after transplantation.
Sungchul Huh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After Endovascular Stroke Therapy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
BACKGROUND: To investigate the rates, predictors, and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation (≥ 96 h) following endovascular treatment (EVT) of ischemic stroke. METHODS: Hospitalizations with acute ischemic stroke and EVT were identified using
Yoo, Albert   +10 more
core   +1 more source

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