Background: In some hospitals, patients hospitalized on the medical ward are mechanically ventilated due to a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. Objective: To determine outcomes and prognostic factors of medical patients mechanically ventilated on general medical wards. Material and Method: A prospective observational study was performed in general medical wards of a 2,000-bed tertiary...

Introduction There is good evidence that all invasively ventilated patients should undergo lung-protective ventilation (LPV) [1,2]. As well as LPV, there is a strong evidence base for other routine interventions in the care of ventilated patients. We performed a one day snapshot audit and survey of attitudes towards invasive ventilation practice in intensive care units across the Severn (Bristo...

The effect of Dyangs’ sensory stimulation on the level consciousness, pain and restlessness in ventilated patients: a clinical trial study

We have compared three treatment strategies, that aim to prevent repetitive alveolar collapse, for their effect on gas exchange, lung mechanics, lung injury, protein transfer into the alveoli and surfactant system, in a model of acute lung injury. In adult rats, the lungs were ventilated mechanically with 100% oxygen and a PEEP of 6 cm H2O, and acute lung injury was induced by repeated lung lav...

BACKGROUND Mechanical ventilation and hyperoxia have the potential to independently promote lung injury and inflammation. Our purpose was to study both time- and dose-dependent effects of supplemental oxygen in an experimental model of mechanically ventilated mice. METHODS Healthy male C57Bl/6J mice, aged 9-10 weeks, were intraperitoneally anesthetized and randomly assigned to the mechanicall...

Flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is uniquely suited for the study of large airway lesions in the ventilated premature infant. However, no standardized clinical scoring system of distal tracheal injury exists and the adverse consequences of FB in ventilated premature infants are not well described. Using a prototype Olympus fiberoptic ultrathin bronchoscope with a directable tip and an outer diameter ...

BACKGROUND Experimental and clinical evidence suggests that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis is an immune mediated disease. Corticosteroids might therefore be effective in the treatment of RSV bronchiolitis. METHODS A randomised double blind trial was conducted in children up to two years of age admitted to hospital with RSV bronchiolitis to compare prednisolone (1 mg/ kg/day o...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Decreasing mortality in sick and ventilated neonates is an endeavor of all neonatologists. To reduce the high mortality in this group of neonates, identification of risk factors is important. This study was undertaken to find out the indications of ventilation and complications in ventilated neonates and also study possible predictors of outcome. SUBJECTS Age <1-month; mec...

In recent years, there has been growing concern regarding energy efficiency in the building sector with requirements increasing worldwide and now responsible for about 40% of final consumption Europe. Previous research shown that ventilated façades help to reduce use when cooling buildings hot temperate climates. Of different façade configurations reported literature, configuration window rarel...