Response to albuterol MDI delivered through an anti-static chamber during nocturnal bronchospasm.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value of the maximal inspiratory pressure obtained by a digital vacuometer using a unidirectional valve (P(ImaxUV)) as to weaning outcome, and to compare its performance with the respiratory drive using airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 second (P(0.1)), and P(0.1)/P(ImaxUV). METH...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： de Souza LC,da Silva CT Jr,Almeida JR,Lugon JR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhaled medications are the mainstay of treatment for maintenance of lung health in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Compressor/nebulizer units are used an average of 100-120 min/d by patients with CF. Each compressor/nebulizer has unique flow/pressure characteristics that affect particle size distributio...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Awad S,Williams DK,Berlinski A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation during chest compressions can lead to an increase in peak inspiratory pressure. High inspiratory pressure can raise the risk of injury to the respiratory system and make it challenging to deliver the required tidal volume. The utilization of mechanical devices for chest compression has exacerbated this cha...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Orso D,Vetrugno L,Federici N,Borselli M,Spadaro S,Cammarota G,Bove T

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humidified, high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) enables mucociliary clearance, accurate oxygen measurement, precise control of flow, and low-level positive airway pressure. There is sparse information concerning the timing of HFNC on patient outcomes such as incidence of adverse events during hospitalization, ICU...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Gaunt KA,Spilman SK,Halub ME,Jackson JA,Lamb KD,Sahr SM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthy individuals without respiratory symptoms can sometimes present with low FEV1/FVC. The objective of this study was to characterize and compare subjects without symptoms and with reduced FEV1/FVC but normal FEV1 with subjects with mild obstructive lung disease. METHODS:Fifty healthy subjects with FEV1...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Dos Santos Andreata L,Soares MR,Pereira CA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although oral and injectable drug formulations still dominate the market, interest in pulmonary delivery has been rising steadily. Given patients' desire for an alternative to injections, and recent advances in aerosol science and pulmonary medicine, the potential for improved disease management outcomes by using aero...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Corkery K

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weaning through noninvasive ventilation (NIV) after early extubation may facilitate invasive ventilation withdrawal and reduce related complications in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure. However, the effects of NIV weaning are uncertain in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF)....

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Shan M,Pang X,Wang W,Lan C,Chen R,Zhu C,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimizing patient-ventilator synchrony is essential in managing patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation in the long-term acute-care hospital. Inadequate synchrony can increase work of breathing, cause patient discomfort, and delay both weaning and general rehabilitation. Achieving optimal synchrony in t...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ghamloush M,O'Connor HH,White AC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In mechanically ventilated patients with COPD, the response of the expiratory resistance of the respiratory system (expiratory R(RS)) to bronchodilators is virtually unknown. OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of inhaled albuterol on expiratory R(RS), and the correlation of albuterol-induced changes in expirat...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kondili E,Alexopoulou C,Prinianakis G,Xirouchaki N,Vaporidi K,Georgopoulos D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The story of the development of oxygen and its role in mitigating the ravages of chronic stable hypoxemia have been fascinating. Today, over one million Americans receive home oxygen each day, usually for COPD, from one of the three available systems. The future requires less expensive, highly portable, and practical ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Petty TL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is a complex collection of conditions. All share the feature of limited expiratory air flow. It is a "disease" in the same sense as is "chronic renal failure." Like most other chronic organ failure "diseases," COPD has disparate causes, and patients are heterogeneous in their prognosis and response to treatment. ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rennard SI

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-care providers often diagnose and empirically treat COPD without a confirmative pulmonary function test (PFT) or even despite a PFT that is not diagnostic of obstructive lung disease. We hypothesized that a portion of patients continue to carry a persistent empiric COPD diagnosis and receive treatment...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Fortis S,Corazalla EO,Jacobs DR Jr,Kim HJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protective ventilation implementation requires the calculation of predicted body weight (PBW), determined by a formula based on gender and height. Consequently, height inaccuracy may be a limiting factor to correctly set tidal volumes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of different met...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Bojmehrani A,Bergeron-Duchesne M,Bouchard C,Simard S,Bouchard PA,Vanderschuren A,L'Her E,Lellouche F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-wide computerized information systems evolved from the need to capture patient information and perform billing and other financial functions. These systems, however, have fallen short of meeting the needs of respiratory care departments regarding work load assessment, productivity management, and the level of...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Ford RM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assisted (interactive) breathing is generally preferred to controlled breaths in patients on mechanical ventilators. Assisted breaths allow the patient's respiratory muscles to be used, and ventilatory muscle atrophy can be prevented. Moreover, the respiratory drive of the patient does not have to be aggressively blun...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： MacIntyre NR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrostatic attraction of aerosolized particles to the inner walls of an aerosol holding chamber (HC) made from a nonconducting material can reduce medication delivery, particularly if there is a delay between actuation and inhalation. OBJECTIVE:Compare total emitted mass and fine-particle mass (mass of...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rau JL,Coppolo DP,Nagel MW,Avvakoumova VI,Doyle CC,Wiersema KJ,Mitchell JP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assisted coughing via mechanical in-exsufflation (MI-E) is a first-line treatment for secretion management in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with unassisted CPF < 4.25 L/s. Some devices enable oscillations to be added to MI-E (MI-E+O). We sought to determine whether adding oscillations to ...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Sancho J,Burés E,Ferrer S,Bondía E,Servera E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory care is expensive and time-intensive, inappropriate care wastes resources, and failure to provide necessary and appropriate respiratory care may adversely affect patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine the appropriateness of basic respiratory care delivered at a 450-bed Veterans Affairs hospi...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Shelledy DC,LeGrand TS,Peters JI

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common consequence of COPD. It has been speculated that patients showing serious PH and vascular remodeling without severe airway obstruction might benefit from vasoactive treatment. There is no approved drug available for COPD-induced PH. Most trials assessing the efficacy of vasoacti...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Held M,Jany BH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving quality of life (QOL) is a key goal in the care of patients with COPD. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has clearly been shown to improve QOL, but is not accessible to many eligible patients. There is a need for alternative programs designed to improve patient well-being that are accessible to all pat...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Rehman H,Karpman C,Vickers Douglas K,Benzo RP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary rehabilitation programs have resulted in improvements in quality of life, capacity for carrying out daily activities, and physical conditioning, as well as reduced hospitalization and cost of care. In our retrospective study, we reviewed the data of 75 patients who had participated in Loma Linda University M...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Bebout DE,Hodgkin JE,Zorn EG,Yee AR,Sammer EA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of adjuncts to mechanical ventilation have been the focus of recent research. Automatic tube compensation (the regulation of airway pressure by estimation of tracheal pressure) appears to be an ideal approach to unloading the resistive effort imposed by the endotracheal tube. Randomized controlled trials have...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kacmarek RM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a unique presentation of polymyositis-associated pneumonitis. A 45-year-old man with a history of polymyositis presented with an episode of fever, cough, dyspnea, rapidly progressive respiratory failure, and unilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Although bacterial pneumonia was initially suspected, all culture...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Vahid B,Machare-Delgado E,Marik PE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tobacco practices and the effects of tobacco use among the general American population are well described, minimal data exist regarding tobacco use and barriers to smoking cessation among homeless individuals. METHODS:Anonymous, voluntary surveys based on a previously implemented instrument were co...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Chen JS,Nguyen AH,Malesker MA,Morrow LE

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumoperitoneum and Trendelenburg position affect respiratory system mechanics and oxygenation during elective pelvic robotic surgery. The primary aim of this randomized pilot study was to compare the effects of a conventional low tidal volume ventilation with PEEP guided by gas exchange (VGas-guided) versu...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Cammarota G,Lauro G,Sguazzotti I,Mariano I,Perucca R,Messina A,Zanoni M,Garofalo E,Bruni A,Della Corte F,Navalesi P,Bignami E,Vaschetto R,Mojoli F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now clear evidence that asthma prevalence increased significantly, especially in developed countries, during the second part of the 20th century. What caused this increase is currently unknown. Recent reports from the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that asthma prevalence may have plateaued betwe...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Martinez FD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental hypothermia is defined as an unintentional decrease in core body temperature to below 35 degrees C. Hypothermia causes hundreds of deaths in the United States annually. Victims of accidental hypothermia present year-round and in all climates with a potentially confusing array of signs and symptoms, but incr...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Kempainen RR,Brunette DD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study aimed to characterize the behavior of 3 components of respiratory muscle function during mechanical ventilation weaning in children to better understand the respective impact of a spontaneous breathing trial on ventilatory mechanical action (esophageal pressure [Pes], ventilatory demand (el...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Mortamet G,Nardi N,Groleau V,Essouri S,Fauroux B,Jouvet P,Emeriaud G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) use has greatly increased in recent years. In non-neonatal pediatric patients, there are limited data available to guide HFNC use, and clinical practice may vary significantly. The goal of this study was to evaluate current HFNC practice by surveying practicing pediatric respir...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Miller AG,Gentle MA,Tyler LM,Napolitano N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency ventilation techniques used during CPR have been refined over the last 40 years. The methods and equipment for emergency ventilation all have their advantages and disadvantages (Table 5), and the appropriate technique varies with the training and experience of the rescuer. Problems encountered during CPR wit...

journal_title：Respiratory care

authors： Barnes TA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00