OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that transfusion of leukocyte-depleted RBC preparations within the first 48 hours of PICU stay was independently associated with prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, irrespective of surgery type and disease severity. DESIGN Retrospective, observational study. SETTING Single-center PICU in The Netherlands. PATIENTS Children less than 18 years conse...

In this issue of RESPIRATORY CARE, Kojicic and colleagues describe long-term survival in patients who underwent tracheostomy for anticipated or prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in Olmsted County, Minnesota.1 The study confirmed that approximately 10% of patients with invasive mechanical ventilation undergo tracheotomy and that overall 1-year mortality in that population is still substanti...

introduction: tuberculosis (tb), with different types of respiratory tract involvements, has a high rate of mortality all around the world. endobronchial involvement, which is a slightly common tuberculous infection, requires special attention due to its severe complications such as bronchostenosis. aim of study of this study was describes, one type of pulmonary tuberculosis with less diagnosed...

BACKGROUND Ventilator injury has been implicated in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Avoiding invasive ventilation could reduce lung injury, and early respiratory management may affect pulmonary outcomes. OBJECTIVE To analyze the effect of initial respiratory support on survival without bronchopulmonary dysplasia at a gestational age of 36 weeks. DESIGN/METHODS A prospective ...

III Einstein International Symposium on Intensive Care and the XXX Mechanical Ventilation. Aug 16-18, 2023. Category: Pneumology Introduction: About 35% of patients admitted to Units (ICU) require mechanical ventilation. Prolonged ventilation predisposes increased risks MV- associated pneumonia, tracheal ischemia, lung damage, diaphragmatic dysfunction. Such problems increase risk mortality com...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether the timing of tracheotomy placement impacts ventilation weaning status and mortality. STUDY DESIGN Multi-institution retrospective cohort study. METHODS Demographic data, procedural details, and clinical outcomes were recorded for patients undergoing tracheotomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation across eight sites. The study group was divided in...

OBJECTIVE The hypothesis that traditionally defined preoperative risk factors predict prolonged mechanical ventilation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) was tested in our cohort. The predictive power of these factors was quantified, and specific patient subsets destined for prolonged mechanical ventilation after CABG surgery were defined. DESIGN Five hundred thirteen consecuti...

patients and methods a cross-sectional study was conducted at icus of imam-reza and vali-asr hospitals, birjand, iran. sampling was done through a census in which 53 icu nurses participated. descriptive statistics, kolmogorov-smirnov test, mann-whitney u tests and kendall's correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. results a total of 53 nurses participated in this study. most of th...