Preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation reduces hypoxemia during intubation
1. In this randomized controlled trial involving critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, those who were preoxygenated with bilevel-positive airway ...
Tag: ventilation
#VisualAbstract: Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Lowers Risk of Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleed during Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
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Analysis of the role of positive end expiratory pressure for the cannulation of the subclavian vein
1. Stepwise changes in positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) were not associated with clinically significant changes in subclavian vein (SCV) ...
#VisualAbstract: Early mobilization after ICU mechanical ventilation does not improve survival
1. Early mobilization of patients after mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) did not result in an improvement ...
Pressure support ventilation does not improve ventilation status as compared to T-piece ventilation
1. In patients with a high risk of extubation failure, using pressure-support ventilation (PSV) for spontaneous breathing trials did not ...
#VisualAbstract: Tocilizumab reduced COVID-19 disease related adverse health outcomes
1. Tocilizumab reduced the need for mechanical ventilation and lowered death outcomes in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
#VisualAbstract: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients show decrease in mortality with dexamethasone
1. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and treated with dexamethasone showed an overall decrease in 28-day mortality compared to those treated ...
Laryngeal mask airway may not be superior for neonate resuscitation
1. Ventilation with a cuffless laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was shown not to be superior to face-mask ventilation in lowering ...
#VisualAbstract: Post-extubation high-flow nasal cannula associated with higher rates of treatment failure in preterm infants
1. Rate of treatment failure within 7 days of extubation was higher in patients that received post-extubation high-flow nasal cannula ...
Some components of ventilator bundles may not improve patient outcomes
1. Based on this retrospective cohort analysis, most of the commonly used ventilator-bundles, including head-of-bed elevation, sedative infusion interruptions, spontaneous ...