Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an increased permeability pulmonary edema syndrome known to be associated with a variety of direct and indirect pulmonary insults. ARDS occurred in a 37-year-old woman during an episode of epiglottitis. The patient was treated with endotracheal intubation...
On December 19, 2008, I had sudden respiratory arrest. Fortunately, I was in the ER already, because I had gained 10 pounds in about a month and had grown increasingly confused, exhausted and was hallucinating at night. The CO2 level in my arterial blood was 75, climbed as high as 124 ...
After an advanced airway (e.g. tracheal tube, Combitube, LMA) is placed, ventilate the patient's lungs with supplementary oxygen to make the chest rise. During CPR for a patient with an advanced airway in place, it is reasonable to ventilate the lungs at a rate of 8–10 ventilations ...
Only two patients (7%) required airway support with orotracheal intubation because of respiratory difficulty. There were no instances of respiratory arrest or airway obstruction. No tracheostomies were performed, and there were no deaths. It was concluded that adult epiglottitis can follow a less ...
3Patient died eight days after leaving the ICU from multiorgan failure. Autopsy revealed an ischemic colitis with intra-abdominal steatonecrosis. Patient was also treated with metronidazole for the presence of Clostridium difficile in stool cultures. 4Patients eventually switched to levofloxacin as a ...
Patient referred for consideration for venovenous ECMO for severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. Transthoracic view obtained from a window more posterior than a transthoracic apical 4-chamber view, depicting a large left pleural effusion. A left thoracocentesis was performed with a significant improvement...
If the patient/resident is unresponsive and gasping or breathing abnormally, they require resuscitation. Abnormal breathing may be caused by: Depression of or damage to the respiratory center in the brain Upper airway obstruction Paralysis or impairment of the nerves and/or muscles required for breath...
The main focus of this survey was the group of patients in cardiac arrest resuscitated in the ER and in the prehospital phase. A patient’s death can be pronounced outside a hospital and/or clinic setting in Germany, thus the patient is not transported to a medical setting to be declared...
For an accurate assessment of the effects of SPN, SPN + EN was defined as either EN with SPN provided to the patient on day one in the ICU or SPN provided to patients already receiving EN; therefore, trials that provided EN to patients who previously received signific...
One patient in each group was reported to have ascites and the baseline CVP values were not different between the groups. Liver function tests were measured in less than half of the patients and there was no difference in values between the 2 groups (data not shown). Table 2. Mean ...