background: oral care plays an inevitable role in health and well-being of patients in intensive care units (icus). poor oral care causes colonization of respiratory pathogens and secondary respiratory infections. ventilator-associated pneumonia occurs in patients on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. it results in prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality and health e...

toll like receptors (tlrs) recognize pathogens and generate an immediate defense response by inducing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which rapidly destroy or limit the pathogens. in their bridging role, tlr downstream signals link innate and adaptive immunity, particularly by mediating dc maturation and activation of pathogen specific t lymphocytes. these pathways lead to the act...

introduction:ventilator- associated pneumonia(vap),as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc),is a pneumonia that occurs in a patient receiving mechanical ventilation that develops 48 hours or more after initiation of ventilation.re-intubation which occur within 72 hours of planned extubation may effect vap incidence.the aim of this study was to determine vap incidence i...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine whether an educational initiative could decrease rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a regional health-care system. SETTING Two teaching hospitals (one adult, one pediatric) and two community hospitals in an integrated health system. DESIGN Preintervention and postintervention observational study. PATIENTS Patients admitted to the four participating h...

This study examined to study how respondents rely on the Internet to fulfill the various life goals dimensioned into understanding, orientation and playing goals, and how this dependency relates to the generation of social capital. Further, it examined the resources of social capital in terms of bonding social capita and bridging social capital. In this study quantitative research approach was ...

Patient-ventilator synchrony is a complex issue affected by ventilator performance, patient characteristics, and the patient-ventilator interface. The history of patient-ventilator interaction includes avoidance of pharmacalogic paralysis, the development of spontaneous breathing systems, microprocessor technology to maximize interaction, and closed-loop control. While most clinicians agree tha...

This retrospective cohort study investigated the outcomes and prognostic factors in nonagenarians (patients 90 years old or older) with acute respiratory failure. Between 2006 and 2016, all nonagenarians with acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) were enrolled. Outcomes including in-hospital mortality and ventilator dependency were measured. A total of 173 non...

III Einstein International Symposium on Intensive Care and the XXX Mechanical Ventilation. Aug 16-18, 2023. Category: Pneumology Introduction: In assisted mechanical ventilation, work of breathing (WOB) should be shared by patient ventilator.(,) PAV+, there is an association between respiratory muscle pressure generated ventilator.(,,) There are still knowledge deficits about influence differen...

BACKGROUND Quality control procedures vary considerably among the providers of equipment for home mechanical ventilation (HMV). METHODS A multicentre quality control survey of HMV was performed at the home of 300 patients included in the HMV programmes of four hospitals in Barcelona. It consisted of three steps: (1) the prescribed ventilation settings, the actual settings in the ventilator co...

BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a clear risk factor for acute lung injury which has been poorly described in trauma patients. This prospective study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of such ventilator-associated pneumonia leading to acute lung injury, the risk factors, and the associated morbidity and mortality in a group of multiple trauma patients. METHODS Trauma patie...