Alveolar atelectasis and low functional residual capacity are the hallmark of the patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [1]. Lots of experiments have reported that large tidal volume (VT) and traditional VT (10 12 ml/kg) can induce lung injury. In order to minimize the risk of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), VT should be lowered during mechanical ventilation in ARDS [1...

Editor—Lung-protective ventilation (LPV), in which the tidal volume is restricted to 6 ml kg and the plateau pressure to ,30 cm H2O, is the accepted standard of care for patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). A growing body of evidence supports the implementation of LPV in patients with other forms of acute respiratory failure and even in patie...

CONTEXT The acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are critical illnesses associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone of supportive therapy. However, despite several important advances, the optimal strategy for ventilation and adjunctive therapies for patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome is ...

Measurements of arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide tension, alveolar ventilation, alveolar to arterial oxygen difference, and ratio of deadspace to tidal volume have been made to show the changes induced by ether/air anaesthesia with spontaneous respiration, with mechanical ventilation, and with mechanical overventilation. There was a disproportionate fall in oxygen tension during spontaneous r...

Background: Impairment of gas exchange is a common problem during one lung ventilation (OLV) with hazardous effect on morbidity and mortality. The current study compares the volume-controlled (VCV) versus pressure-controlled volume guaranteed (PCV-VG) OLV.Settings Design: This was prospective randomized study.Methods: carried out 30 adult patients who were randomly assigned to two groups. Group...

INTRODUCTION Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease is characterised by narrowing of the airways resulting in increased airway resistance, air-trapping and respiratory acidosis. These problems might be overcome using helium-oxygen gas mixture. However, the effect of mechanical ventilation with heliox in these patients is unclear. The objective of this prospective cros...

Background: Phenobarbital poisoning is common in Vietnam. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) and hemodialysis (HD) on clinical outcomes in the treatment of severe acute phenobarbital poisoning. Methods: This was a retrospective observational historically controlled study. 42 patients with severe phenobarbital poisoning were enr...