In many cases, help is required to get oxygen into their bloodstream, whether by breathing pure oxygen, using a ventilator to help their weakened lungs, or using a technique called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), when blood is artificially oxygenated outside the body bef...
The TCD technique is based on theDopplereffect, according to which a sound wave, emitted with a certain frequency, strikes a moving object (e.g., red blood cells moving in an insonated vessel), and produces a reflected wave with a different frequency (theDopplershift), directly proportional ...
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...
In ARDS patients, the change from supine to prone position generates a more even distribution of the gas–tissue ratios along the dependent–nondependent axis and a more homogeneous distribution of lung stress and strain. The change to prone position is generally accompanied by a marked improvement...