INTRODUCTION: Mechanical ventilation (MV), in recent years, has been considered the main alternative to replace, totally or partially, respiratory function of patients pathological conditions, especially cases acute failure (ARF). It consists, basically, use a mechanical device that will artificially provide body with necessary and oxygenation maintain life. Its is send volume air (ventilate), ...

OBJECTIVE To compare mechanical ventilation time, need for non-invasive ventilation, length of intensive care unit stay, and hospital stay after liver transplant in cirrhotic patients with and with no diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study with a convenience sample of 178 patients (92 with hepatopulmonary syndrome) who were diagnosed as alcoholic or...

colleagues [1]. Th e authors described the fi rst 32 documented patients with pandemic infl uenza A H1N1 (PIAH1N1) virus infection hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Spain. Twenty-four patients (75.0%) had refractory hypo xemia and required advanced mechanical ventilation. Eight patients (33.3%) received noninvasive mechanical ventilation at ICU admission. Six of these patients (75...

BACKGROUND Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Neuromuscular respiratory failure is the commonest cause of death, usually within two to five years of the disease onset. Supporting respiratory function with mechanical ventilation may improve survival and quality of life. This is the first update of a review first published in 2...