Background & Aim: Most mechanically ventilated patients reported decreasing comfort during their treatments, especially in Muslim patients. Nursing care needs to be addressed by integrating daily Islamic rituals fulfill the spiritual need and promote holistic of with mechanical ventilation. This study aimed investigate effect nursing on among patients.
 Methods Materials: A pretest-pos...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE A handful of studies have reported that bronchoscopies influence the clinical outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with aspiration pneumonia. The purpose of the present study is to elucidate the therapeutic role of early bronchoscopy in patients with aspiration who are mechanically ventilated. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted via medical recor...

To investigate the role of cell-mediated immunity during respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-10 levels in nasopharyngeal secretions were measured in infants with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) caused by RSV. A novel technique was used to measure in vivo cytokine levels in nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs). Cytokine levels in the NPAs ...

BACKGROUND Sedatives and analgesics are administered to provide sedation and manage agitation and pain in most critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. Various sedation administration strategies including protocolized sedation and daily sedation interruption are used to mitigate drug pharmacokinetic limitations and minimize oversedation, thereby shortening the duration of mechanical ven...

Introduction Pro: Every Mechanically Ventilated Patient Should Be Monitored With Capnography From Intubation to Extubation Endotracheal Intubation Preventing Mishaps Operating Room Setting Physiology of the Arterial-Versus-End-Tidal CO2 Difference Carbon Dioxide Elimination Management of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Alveolar V̇E Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Acute Respira...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mechanically ventilated patients often face progressive and rapid losses of body mass and muscle because of hypermetabolism and increased protein catabolism. To investigate the impact of adequate nutritional provision during the early phase of intensive care unit (ICU) admission on the clinical outcomes in patients with medical illnesses receiving mechanical ventilatio...

Background: Physiotherapists use manual hyperinflation (MHI) as a treatment for the recruitment of collapsed lung and mobilization of excess pulmonary secretions .Purpose: To investigate the acute effect of manual hyperinflation (MHI) on oxygenation and volume of secretions cleared in mechanically ventilated patients. Subjects and Methods: Manual hyperinflation was delivered in 30 medically sta...

Central vein catheterization is a common procedure performed on patients under intensive care. The safe and successful placement of the central venous catheter depends on vein size. Although used for this purpose, the Trendelenburg position can be hazardous in some patients. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of the Trendelenburg and passive leg raising (PLR) positions on the size...

BACKGROUND Readmission of mechanically ventilated patients to an ICU within 7 d reflects not only patient safety but also the quality of care of the ICU. This study aimed to investigate the risk and related factors for readmission to an ICU within 7 d in mechanically ventilated subjects. METHODS A total of 658,452 mechanically ventilated subjects discharged from an ICU whose age was ≥ 17 y ol...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between volume of nonoperative mechanically ventilated patients receiving care in a specific Veterans Health Administration hospital and their mortality. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING One-hundred nineteen Veterans Health Administration medical centers. PATIENTS We identified 5,131 hospitalizations involving mechanically ventilated patients...