The primary outcome measure was the mortality during the ICU stay after the initiation of
mechanical ventilation. A Kaplan-Meier curve was used to describe the probability of survival after the initiation of
mechanical ventilation; thus the exit time was set as the earliest of either the death date or the ICU discharge date.
Predictive factors of weaning from
mechanical ventilation and extubation outcome: A systematic review.
In this descriptive study, the medical records of patients who underwent
mechanical ventilation in CMH Sialkot were retrospectively reviewed.
Indication for
Mechanical Ventilation: Respiratory failure (62.3%) was the most common cause for
mechanical ventilation followed by airway protection (28.5%) and persistent shock (9.2%).
Kaplan, "Oxygen therapeutics and
mechanical ventilation advances," Critical Care Clinics, vol.
Evolution of
mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research.
Pierson, "Persistent air leaks in patients receiving
mechanical ventilation," Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol.
Previous multi-center epidemiological investigation results in China also suggest that, respiratory system disease, especially respiratory distress syndrome, is the most commonly cause for neonatal respiratory failure, and other causes include neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, primary or secondary pulmonary hypertension and various congenital malformations.3 In the past twenty years, treating respiratory failure of critically ill newborns with conventional
mechanical ventilation has gain great progress; however, some severe cases still cannot be relieved.
"This paper will provide a much needed resource to guide policies that will ensure that our patients' ventilators will be initiated and managed by those individuals that have proven competency on safe initiation and management of
mechanical ventilation."
Chest physiotherapy, voluntary deep breaths, incentive spirometry, high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), alveolar recruitment maneuvers (RM) during
mechanical ventilation, and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) are the methods used to prevent postoperative atelectasis3.
Key Words: intensive care,
mechanical ventilation, oxygen inhalation therapy, time-weighted average (TWA), acute lung injury (ALI)
Tracheostomy is recommended because of its potential advantages over tracheal intubation, which include: a lower frequency of laryngeal ulcers, less resistance in the airway, less dead space and better tolerance by patients (2) Currently, the main indications for a tracheostomy are: prolonged
mechanical ventilation (because of the possibility of reduced
mechanical ventilation time), length of stay in the ICU, and associated mortality (3).