In the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prone positioning has largely been adopted by clinicians and is even used before intubation in spontaneously breathing patients. This article summarizes the physiologic effects of prone positioning, how to set the ventilator, its beneficial effects on patients’ ...
which in patients with obesity is mainly related to the rapid loss of FRC after sedation. Concerning positioning, a randomized controlled trial questioned the usefulness of the ramped position applied in critically ill patients [48]; however, the study included...
The only place where a Patient can be safely looked after on a ventilator with tracheostomy or with a breathing tube/endotracheal tube is Intensive Care! If you are not clear on this, it could literally cost the life of your loved one!
for transplant or congenital heart disease), tertiary (capable of providing ECMO and other advanced general therapies), and community (capable of core ICU interventions such as invasive mechanical ventilation and care for septic shock, for example, but potentially lacking other therapies such as ECMO...
Also, how far away is she getting off theventilator? Can you send me a picture with the ventilator settings? From what you have shared, things are getting better and not worse. Don’t know why they are not starting Dialysis; the kidneys must get better if th...
Again, coming out of the induced coma and off the ventilator/ respirator after more than 72 hours of ventilation and an induced coma might be a little bit more difficult, because as a rule of thumb, the longer ventilation and the induced coma is required, the higher the risk that complicat...