The effects of breathing on body roll have been previously investigated for the roll of the whole trunk only. The purposes of this study were: to calculate separately the shoulder roll (SR) and hip roll (HR) of swimmers during front crawl for non-breathing and preferred-side breathing conditions; to assess the differences in the magnitude and temporal characteristics of these variables between ...

∙ Patient surveillance technology can improve adherence to and optimization of ventilator protocols, shorten the time on the ventilator, and reduce the likelihood of acute lung injury. ∙ Patient surveillance technology can aid clinicians in preventing or reducing the incidence of adverse ventilator associated events, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, and ultimately, help improve patien...

BACKGROUND Predictive indexes of weaning from mechanical ventilation are often inaccurate. Among the many indexes used in clinical practice, the rapid shallow breathing index is one of the most accurate. We evaluated a new weaning index consisting in the diaphragm thickening fraction (DTF) assessed by ultrasound. METHODS Forty-six patients were prospectively enrolled. All patients were ventil...

The use of a nursing-directed and/or respiratory therapist-directed protocol in many intensive care units for weaning from mechanical ventilation is associated with a shorter duration of ventilation and length of stay in the ICU. Most protocols have two formal components: the daily screening of a set of simple observations or interventions to identify readiness to proceed, followed by a spontan...

Background Children undergo painful procedures during care and treatment. This study aimed to determine the effect of distractionon the intensityof pain in children aged 6 to 12 years old. Materials and Methods This clinical trial was conducted on the school-age children, who referred to Imam Hossein Hospital, Iran, Heris city, East Azarbaijan province (Iran) in 2017. In total 48 patients were...

BACKGROUND Continued breathing following ventricular fibrillation has here-to-fore not been described. METHODS We analyzed the spontaneous ventilatory activity during the first several minutes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in our isoflurane anesthesized swine model of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The frequency and type of ventilatory activity was monitored by pneumotachometer and main s...

BACKGROUND Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) are commonly used for humidifying respiratory gases administered to mechanically ventilated patients. While they are also applied to tracheostomized patients with spontaneous breathing, their performance in this role has not yet been clarified. We carried out a bench study to investigate the effects of spontaneous breathing parameters and oxygen fl...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To study tonic inputs to medullary respiratory neurons during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. DESIGN Single medullary-respiratory-neuron recordings during sleep with spontaneous breathing and during apnea caused by mechanical hyperventilation. SETTING Academic laboratory. SUBJECTS Three tracheostomized adult cats implanted for polysomnography and extracellular microelectro...