(1) Intensive Care Unit, Gennimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (2) Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 26.1 Introduction Although dyspnea is a well-known symptom of tumors involving…
Fig. 3.1 Positionning of different automated weaning modes from intubation to extubation 3.1 ASV® Adaptive support ventilation (ASV®) is the oldest automated MV technology and probably the most studied [17,…
Variable Non-NIV group (N = 39) NIV group (N = 14) Arterial blood gases (early postoperative period) [pH/PCO2 (mean)] 7.36/45.9 7.33/49.5 Time spent in endotracheal intubation (mean) 53.52 h 43.68 h Length of stay…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_25 25. Noninvasive Ventilation in Postextubation Failure in Thoracic Surgery (Excluding Lung Cancer) Dimitrios Paliouras1 , Thomas Rallis1 and Nikolaos Barbetakis1 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_23 23. Noninvasive Ventilation for Weaning, Avoiding Reintubation After Extubation, and in the Postoperative Period Alastair J. Glossop1 (1) Department…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_24 24. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery: Key Topics and Clinical…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_21 21. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation in the Management of Respiratory Distress in Cardiac Diseases Andrew L. Miller1 and Bushra Mina1 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_22 22. Postoperative Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Elisabet Guerra Hernández1 and Zoraya Hussein Dib González1 (1) Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_20 20. Use of Noninvasive Ventilation to Facilitate Weaning fromMechanical Ventilation Scott K. Epstein1 (1) Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care,…
1. Timing of intervention with NIPPV 2. Selection and adjustment of IPAP 3. Selection and adjustment of EPAP 4. Selection and adjustment of back-up rate 5. Selection and adjustment of…
