Reducing pressure ulcers in patients with prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: a quasi-experimental study
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Reducing pressure ulcers in patients with prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: a quasi-experimental study
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a quality management program in reducing the incidence and severity of pressure ulcers in critical care patients. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental, before-and-after study that was conducted in a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Consecutive patients who had received mechanical ventilation for ≥ 96 hours were included. A "Process Improveme...
متن کاملDeterminants of weaning success in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation
INTRODUCTION Physiological determinants of weaning success and failure are usually studied in ventilator-supported patients, comparing those who failed a trial of spontaneous breathing with those who tolerated such a trial and were successfully extubated. A major limitation of these studies was that the two groups may be not comparable concerning the severity of the underlying disease and the p...
متن کاملProlonged mechanical ventilation as a consequence of acute illness.
OBJECTIVE To determine why acutely ill children become dependent upon mechanical ventilation and what happens to them. METHODS A retrospective medical record study of all patients aged between 1 month and 16 years from 1983 to 1996 who required ventilation for more than 28 days. RESULTS Forty children were ventilated for between 36 and 180 days before discharge or death. Before their presen...
متن کاملIntravenous caffeine citrate vs. magnesium sulfate for reducing pain in patients with acute migraine headache; a prospective quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND Current evidence suggests that intravenous magnesium sulfate might be effective for reducing migraine pain. In a recent pilot study, we showed that intravenous caffeine citrate could reduce the severity of migraine headache. The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of intravenous caffeine citrate vs. magnesium sulfate for management of acute migraine headache. MET...
متن کاملPrediction of prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients in the intensive care unit A cohort study
INTRODUCTION There are no established guidelines for selecting patients for early tracheostomy. The aim was to determine the factors that could predict the possibility of intubation longer than 7 days in critically ill adult patients. METHODS This is cohort study made at a general intensive care unit. Patients who required at least 48 hours of mechanical ventilation were included. Data on the...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0103-507X
DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20170007