Search Tag: acute respiratory failure
2024 28 Nov
Non-invasive ventilation is extensively employed in the management of acute hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure, offering a potential means to circumvent intubation in carefully selected patients under vigilant supervision. Non-Invasive Ventilation Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) represents a respiratory support strategy...Read more
2024 28 Nov
Personalisation of respiratory support may improve outcomes in patients with acute respiratory failure. Transpulmonary pressure estimate by oesophageal pressure is an essential and useful minimally invasive tool to guide the setup and monitoring of mechanical ventilation by measuring respiratory pathophysiology in critically ill patients,...Read more
2024 28 Nov
Shortening the weaning process of children receiving non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is challenging. We present the results of implementing a nurse-guided weaning protocol in our PICU. Introduction Given the low mortality rate in paediatrics, the management of acute respiratory insufficiency with non-invasive support has improved the...Read more
2024 05 Aug
Awake prone positioning has been shown to reduce endotracheal intubation in patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF). This method has also become standard care for patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). During the COVID-19 pandemic, studies suggested that awake proning...Read more