Promoting NIV using ICEMAN methodology

Iceman Survived due to Cooling Device

Although mild hypothermia treatment is part of the standard postresuscitation care today, no standard method for treatment of accidental severe hypothermia has been yet established. Different strategies including invasive and noninvasive methods have been described in the literature. We present the case of a 75-year-old man with accidental severe hypothermia (23°C) and demonstrate that using a ...

NIV at home: resource implications.

Outcomes of patients receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in the general intensive care unit: is NIV duration an important factor?

Methods We conducted a retrospective care note analysis of all patients receiving their first NIV period at any time during their ICU admission between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2014. Patients receiving NIV after a period of mechanical ventilation were excluded from this analysis. Patients were analysed depending on whether they received NIV for a total period of < 48 hours or > 48 hours. ...

Software Development Integrating Methodology with Epistemology Promoting Knowledge Production

Currently, many specialties should be mastered to produce software, consequently they fall in different levels of knowledge: project, system, program, or routine. This consideration was obtained through an epistemological approach in software development. Therefore, this article develops this consideration for students learning software production. The epistemological approach compliments the m...

Profound bradycardia associated with NIV removal

A patient with lower-limb onset ALS presented with a one-month history of vasovagal episodes and a one-week history of cough productive of green sputum and lethargy. She was drowsy and in acute on chronic type-two respiratory failure. She responded to non-invasive ventilation, however she suffered recurrent episodes of profound bradycardia on removal of the mask, which gradually resolved over t...