BACKGROUND In patients with post-extubation respiratory distress, delayed reintubation may worsen clinical outcomes. Objective measures of extubation failure at the bedside are lacking, therefore clinical parameters are currently used to guide the need of reintubation. Electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) provides clinicians with valuable, objective information about respiratory drive an...

We tested the hypothesis that diaphragm muscle shortening modulates volume displacement and kinematics of the lower rib cage in dogs and that posture and mode of ventilation affect such modulation. Radiopaque markers were surgically attached to the lower three ribs of the rib cage and to the midcostal region of the diaphragm in six dogs of ∼8 kg body masses, and the locations of these markers w...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous ventilation, mechanical controlled ventilation, apneic intermittent ventilation, and jet ventilation are commonly used during interventional suspension microlaryngoscopy. The aim of this study was to investigate specific complications of each technique, with special emphasis on transtracheal and transglottal jet ventilation. METHODS The authors performed a retrospective...

background the forced oscillation technique (fot) is a non-invasive means of measuring respiratory resistance and reactance. we tested our hypothesis that endotracheal intubation would cause more substantial preoperative increases in fot parameters than a supraglottic airway device (sgd). methods forty patients requiring general anesthesia and mechanical ventilation for transurethral bladder tu...

Abstract: The new neonatal ventilation methods have been developed along with utilization of new technological tools.This device is synchronized with the patient’s respiratory efforts. The ideal synchronized breath needs to be synchronous with initiation, size, and termination of the breath without delay in detecting of initial resiratory effort by device .The synchrony of respiration contribut...

A new group of breathing systems, namely the Enclosed Afferent Reservoir (EAR) systems, is described. They allow for the selective elimination of alveolar gas in association with both spontaneous and controlled ventilation. A comparison with the Bain system in controlled ventilation demonstrates greater efficiency in eliminating carbon dioxide. A fresh gas flow (VF) of 70 ml kg-1 min-1 using an...

Reports of spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum as a complication coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been increasing. COVID-19 causes inflammatory mainly affecting the respiratory system. Severity varies from asymptomatic pulmonary findings on imaging to acute distress syndrome along with pleural effusions, consolidations pneumothorax. The aim th...