Mechanical Ventilators (Ventilator)

06/01/2011 - "One quarter of AAV patients develop AH, which when mild is associated with a good outcome, but mortality rises to 50% for cases with respiratory failure requiring ventilator support. "
04/01/2003 - "The prone position may prove beneficial in some cases of hypoxemic respiratory failure, even in awake patients, by avoiding mechanical ventilation and ventilator-associated complications."
08/01/1996 - "Administration of calf's lung surfactant appears to be safe and is associated with rapid improvement in oxygenation and moderation of ventilator support in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. "
06/01/1981 - "Results indicate that regular efficient night-time support by body respirator provides a constant significant improvement in daytime gas exchange for periods averaging up to 2 years following the occurrence of moderately severe respiratory failure. "
07/01/1989 - "Home care of ventilator-dependent people is increasing in use due to improved management of respiratory failure and the development of effective portable ventilators. "

04/01/2013 - "In the five studies that selected closure method randomly or as a temporal shift in practice, silo was associated with better outcomes, with a significant reduction in ventilator days (p<0.0001), time to first feed (p=0.04), and infection rates (p=0.03). "
05/01/1991 - "Forty-eight hours after infection, blood gas tensions could no longer be significantly improved by these same ventilator settings (PaO2 = 123.8 +/- 31.0, PaCO2 = 95.1 +/- 43.6, pH = 7.12 +/- 0.16, n = 9). "
12/01/1987 - "Results showed the jet ventilator group had a significantly reduced mean hospital stay (p less than 0.01), which could be attributed to a lower incidence of postoperative chest infections (p less than 0.001) and significantly improved arterial blood O2 tensions at 4 hours (p less than 0.05), 24 hours, and 7 days postoperatively (p less than 0.001)."
01/01/2015 - "Laboratory studies demonstrated that the lateral Trendelenburg position (LTP) is superior to the semirecumbent position (SRP) in the prevention of ventilator-associated pulmonary infections. "
02/04/2015 - "PCT has also been effective in reducing antibiotic usage without worsening morbidity or mortality in ventilator associated pulmonary infection. "

02/01/2006 - "This is being caused by a decline in ventilator associated pneumonias, most likely because non-invasive ventilation allows patients to clear their secretions by coughing, resulting in improved lung clearance. "
04/01/2006 - "Length of stay in the intensive care unit and need for ventilator support were significantly greater for patients with pneumonia (p < .01). "
06/01/2000 - "The rapid institution of appropriate antimicrobial therapy has been shown to improve mortality in patients with ventilator associated nosocomial pneumonia. "
02/01/2002 - "Several new drugs for the treatment of ventilator-assisted pneumonia caused by Gram-positive multiresistant pathogens have been evaluated with promising results."
01/01/2014 - "Less improved oxygenation, longer ventilator dependency and worse survival were observed in pneumonia-related ARDS."

04/01/2003 - "Length of hospital stay, number of ventilator days, and percentage of patients developing acute respiratory distress syndrome were significantly greater in the > 24-hour group. "
09/01/2010 - "Compared to pressure-support ventilation, neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients holds promise for limiting the risk of overassistance, preventing patient-ventilator asynchrony, and improving overall patient-ventilator interactions. "
09/01/1994 - "However, changes in ventilator strategies and improved critical care management may result in better survival rates in patients with well-defined, severe adult respiratory distress syndrome. "
01/01/2016 - "Then, for each individual acute respiratory distress syndrome study, the threshold 7-day oxygenation index change was tested as an outcome measure and compared with mortality and ventilator-free days as reported in the original study. "
12/01/2015 - "A recent prospective trial using porcine models of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) indicated that positive-pressure ventilation delivered by a conventional intensive care ventilator at a moderately high frequency allows safe reduction of tidal volume below 6 ml/kg, leading to more protective ventilation. "

02/01/2003 - "The excellent alveolar recruitment suggests that liquid ventilation ameliorates ventilator-associated lung injury."
07/01/2014 - "Although understanding of the pathophysiology of ARDS has improved, to date there are no effective pharmacological interventions that target a specific mechanism, with the only potentially effective therapies to date aiming to limit ventilator-associated lung injury. "
04/01/2005 - "Protective effects of low respiratory frequency in experimental ventilator-associated lung injury."
10/01/2012 - "It frequently results in equivalent or improved oxygenation and ventilation at lower peak pressures than conventional ventilation, thus minimizing secondary ventilator-associated lung injury. "
11/01/2000 - "As a result of an improved understanding that mechanical ventilation itself can contribute to and aggravate the disease process, the term ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI) has been introduced. "