Fig. 17.1 Regression analysis of mean nasopharyngeal pressure during NHF therapy with mouth open or closed 17.2.5 Increase in End-Expiratory Lung Volumes Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has demonstrated that NHF…
A change in PEEP within values of 0–5 cmH2O is not considered an increasing requirement of oxygen. For example, a change in PEEP from 0 to 3 cmH2O is not…
Fig. 7.1 Air flow during the three steps of cough effort: (1) deep inspiration, (2) compression step with glottis occlusion and contraction of expiratory muscles, and (3) exhalation step with…
Study Risk factors for extubation failure Thille et al. (2011) [3] Age >65 years or underlying chronic cardiorespiratory disease Epstein et al. (1997) [50] Age, APACHE II at time of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_14 14. Noninvasive Ventilation Withdrawal Methodology After Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Chung-Tat Lun1 and Chung-Ming Chu1 (1) Division of Respiratory Medicine,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_12 12. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Post-extubation Failure: Interfaces and Equipment Dirk Dinjus1 (1) Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_11 11. Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Difficult Weaning in Critical Care: Key Topics and Practical Approach Guniz M. Koksal1 and…
Authors Subjects Candidate predictors Time point candidate predictors assessed Outcome to be predicted Variables independently associated with outcome Prediction accuracy measures Sapijaszko et al. 145 med/surg, ≥3 days on ventilation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Antonio M. Esquinas (ed.)Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation and Difficult Weaning in Critical Care10.1007/978-3-319-04259-6_8 8. Implications of Manual Chest Physiotherapy and Technology in Preventing Respiratory Failure after Extubation Maria Luísa Soares1, Margarida Torres Redondo1 and…
Fig. 4.1 Synchrony between patient’s inspiratory effort (bottom curve) and pressure support (upper curve). Paw airway pressure, Pdi transdiaphragmatic pressure, TiV ventilator’s inspiratory time, TiP patient’s inspiratory time, T sync…
