BACKGROUND Evidence from recent literature shows that protocol-directed extubation is a useful approach to liberate patients from mechanical ventilation (MV). However, research evidence does not necessarily provide guidance on how to implement changes in individual intensive care units (ICUs). We conducted the present study to determine whether such an evidence-based strategy can be implemented...

Purpose : This study aimed to identify risk factors for unplanned reintubation after planned extubation and analyze the clinical outcomes in patients admitted intensive care unit cardiac surgery.Methods The examined who underwent intubation surgery between January 1, 2017, December 31, 2021. group comprised 58 within 7 days of extubation. maintenance 116 did not undergo were matched with using ...

Anesthesia-associated mortality has decreased during the last three decades as a result of several measures undertaken to improve patient safety. These included analysis critical incidents and errors that occurred anesthesia, well factors contribute such incidents. Such may be related patient, operation or anesthesia. According our study most common were respiratory system: difficult airway, re...

Non-invasive ventilation for weaning, avoiding reintubation after extubation and in the postoperative period: a meta-analysis A. J. Glossop, N. Shephard, D. C. Bryden, and G. H. Mills (Br J Anaesth 2012; 109: 305–14 doi:10.1093/bja/aes270) The authors found that there were errors in this article that were not noticed until after publication: (1) The second author’s surname was incorrectly spell...

Objective: To determine the incidence, risk factors, mortality, and causative organisms of Nosocomial Pneumonia (NP) in patients with endotracheal (ET) tube, with or without mechanical ventilation. Materials and Methods: Patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), over a period of 1 year who had ET intubations, were enrolled consecutively into the study. Diagnosis of NP was b...

BACKGROUND Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered as an important risk factor in cardiovascular surgery. We designed a historical cohort study for the evaluation of perioperative complications related to BMI in patients who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS We studied 1120 consecutive patients who underwent OPCAB between January 2008 and December 2011 in Imam Al...