Tag: Ventilation

Demoule

28 July 2017 Vivek Jayaschandran Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In intubated patients recovering from acute respiratory failure, does neurally adjusted ventilator assist mode (NAVA) compared to pressure support mode (PSV) lead to fewer patients returning to assist-control ventilation?

Hernandez 2

14 July 2017 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In critically ill patients who are at high risk for re-intubation, is high flow nasal oxygen non-inferior to non-invasive ventilation in reducing re-intubation and post-extubation respiratory failure?

NIVAS

In patients who develop acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure after abdominal surgery, does non-invasive ventilation compared to standard oxygen therapy prevent the need for re-intubation?

OPERA

3 March 2017 Adrian Clarke Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine 2 comments

In patients who have undergone major abdominal surgery does the application of high flow nasal cannulae compared with standard oxygen therapy, decrease the incidence of hypoxemia at one hour after extubation?

IPHIVAP

24 February 2017 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In adult mechanically ventilated patients, does inhaled heparin compared to inhaled saline or usual care reduce the incidence of ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP)?

Patel

28 October 2016 Tom Pratt Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), does the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) delivered by helmet compared to NIV delivered by face mask reduce the need for intubation?