microembolic signals (mes) are frequently observed in transcranial ‎doppler (tcd) recordings of patients with mechanical heart valve (mhv). if gaseous bubbles are the underlying cause, number of mes produced by mhv could be reduced with oxygen ‎inhalation. from september 2003 to september ‎2004, a consecutive series of 14 patients ‎with st jude aortic valve visited in the cardiology clinic were...

background: endotracheal or tracheostomy tube in mechanically ventilated patients disturb verbal communication with others. therefore, patients are frustrated of requesting for their needs or problems related to artificial breathing. therefore investigating self-experiences of these patients can be applied in providing them with a better care by clinical personnel. methods: this is a qualitativ...

New features of mechanical ventilators are frequently introduced, including new modes, monitoring techniques, and triggering techniques. But new rarely translates into any measureable improvement in outcome. We describe 4 new techniques and attempt to define what is a new invention versus what is innovative-a technique that significantly improves a measurable variable. We describe and review th...

The aim of this paper is to present viscoelastic models to accurately simulate mechanical stresses which result from volume expansion during thermal oxidation or temperature ramps in silicon technology. Comparisons are made with wafer curvature measurements and it is shown that mechanical stresses can explain the "anomalously" fast initial regime during dry oxidation, without involving any addi...

Mechanical ventilator failures expose patients to unacceptable risks, and maintaining mechanical ventilator safety is an important issue. We examined the usefulness of maintaining mechanical ventilators by clinical engineers (CEs) using a specialized calibrator. These evaluations and the ability to make in-house repairs proved useful for obviating the need to rent ventilators which, in turn, mi...

208 words) PURPOSE To determine the approaches used in withdrawing mechanical ventilator support. MATERIALS and METHODS Speakers from the invited faculty of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Congress in 2013 with an interest in ethics were asked to provide a detailed description of individual approaches to the process of withdrawal of mechanical ventilati...

objective(s): so far, extensive research has been conducted on the preparation and characterization of nano ceramics based on ca-si by sol- gel method and bioactivity was evaluated, but, a few researches have paid attention to the preparation of materials by mechanical activation (ma). the aim of this study was the preparation of akermanite nano powder by mechanical activation method and bioact...

Prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) results in oxidative damage in the diaphragm; however, it is unclear whether this MV-induced oxidative injury occurs rapidly or develops slowly over time. Furthermore, it is unknown whether both soluble (cytosolic) and insoluble (myofibrillar) proteins are equally susceptible to oxidation during MV. These experiments tested two hypotheses: 1). MV-induced ox...

Mechanical ventilation is an important and ever-evolving component of everyday critical care. Clinicians can struggle to keep up with current literature and descriptions of advancement in a way that they can apply these changes to their bedside patient care. This article serves as a review of important recent findings related to invasive mechanical ventilation and describes their relevance to b...

BACKGROUND This clinical practice guideline addresses six questions related to liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). METHODS A multidisciplinary panel posed six clinical questions in a population, intervention, comparator, outc...