Articles: mechanical-ventilation.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Apr 2022
Virtual Developmental Screening After Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Children: A Prospective Cohort Pilot Study.
With decreasing PICU mortality, survivor morbidity has increased. This study aims to evaluate feasibility of virtual PICU-led follow-up of patients at risk for pediatric postintensive care syndrome. ⋯ Virtual caregiver-completed surveillance is a promising method to screen children for neurodevelopmental abnormalities following PICU hospitalization and facilitate early referral for developmental intervention, but special attention must be dedicated to families with limited resources for follow-up.
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Observational Study
Diaphragm Ultrasonography to Predict Noninvasive Respiratory Treatment Failure in Infants With Severe Bronchiolitis.
Noninvasive respiratory support is commonly used in treatment of bronchiolitis. Determinants of failure are needed to prevent delayed intubation. ⋯ In infants with moderate or severe bronchiolitis receiving HFNC, the use of ultrasonographic left dTF could help predict respiratory treatment failure and need for invasive ventilation. The use of ultrasonographic dExc is of little help to predict both.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
Reducing Ventilator-Associated Events: A Quality Improvement Project.
Mechanical ventilation is lifesaving therapy in intensive care units but can increase patients' risk for ventilator-associated events. These events are associated with longer intensive care unit and hospital stays, more ventilator days, and increased mortality rates. ⋯ The creation and implementation of clear, specific communication and processes for successfully managing patients receiving mechanical ventilation decreased the rate of ventilator-associated events.
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2022
Review Meta AnalysisComparison of advanced closed-loop ventilation modes with pressure support ventilation for weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
To compare neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), proportional assist ventilation (PAV), adaptive support ventilation (ASV) and Smartcare pressure support (Smartcare/PS) with standard pressure support ventilation (PSV) regarding their effectiveness for weaning critically ill adults from invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). ⋯ Moderate certainty evidence suggest that PAV increases weaning success rates, shortens MV duration and ICU LOS compared to PSV. It is also noteworthy that NAVA seems to improve in-hospital and ICU survival.
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Allowing the ventilated adult patient to breathe spontaneously may improve tidal volume (VT) distribution toward the dependent lung regions, reduce shunt fraction, and decrease dead space. It has not been studied if these effects under various levels of ventilatory support also occur in children. We sought to explore the effect of level of ventilatory support on VT distribution and end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) in spontaneously breathing ventilated children in the recovery phase of their acute respiratory failure. ⋯ Our data showed that allowing ventilated children in the recovery phase of respiratory failure to breathe spontaneously in a continuous spontaneous ventilation mode did not negatively affect VT distribution or EELV.