Abstract：
:109 patients who suffered from an episode of acute respiratory failure, necessitated mechanical ventilation (MV) in a general Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and admitted to our Respiratory Intermediate Intensive Unit (RIIU), were retrospectively evaluated for outcome and weaning success. The patients, 69 +/- 9 years old, presented the following diseases: COLD (70%), cardiovascular (15%) and neuromuscular (15%). A relapse of underlying disease (62%), pneumonia (20%), thoraco-muscular pump failure (15%) and pulmonary embolism (3%) were the relapsing causes needing the ICU admission. Patients remained intubated for 12 +/- 6 days and ventilated for 25 +/- 10 days. They were transferred to RIIU on pressure support ventilation (70%); the causes of prolonged and/or difficult weaning were as following: lung failure (48%), pump failure (12%), cardiac and haemodynamic instability (28%) others (12%). Apache II score was 18 +/- 5. Maximal inspiratory pressure (31 +/- 7 cmH2O) and respiratory rate/tidal volume (83 +/- 34) were measured within 48 hours after RIIU admission. 82 subjects (75%) were weaned after 6 +/- 4 days of MV using in 87% of patients pressure support technique with spontaneous breathing cycles with oxygen supplementation. 8 patients on 109 (7%) died; 20 patients on 109 (18%) were discharged after 40 +/- 9 days of stay in RIIU necessitating home MV more than 18 hours/day by means of a tracheostomy. All patients stay in RIIU for 17 +/- 7 days with a mean cost per die of 750 thousands lire. Our data suggest that a RIIU institution for prolonged weaning in chronic diseases may be a useful solution to decrease superfluous stays in ICU decreasing costs without ba worsening in quality of care.
journal_name
Minerva Anestesioljournal_title
Minerva anestesiologicaauthors
Vitacca M,Clini E,Porta R,Sereni D,Ambrosino Nsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-03-01 00:00:00pages
57-64issue
3eissn
0375-9393issn
1827-1596journal_volume
62pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The influence of diazepam, the hemisuccinic ester of oxazepam, fentanyl and pentazocine on pain-producing sensation after surgery was tested in 160 patients subjected to ordinary and major surgery. Use was made of Dundee and Moore's modification of Clutton-Brock's test, and Bromage's test. Analysis of the results indi...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple patient and clinical characteristics contribute to the variable outcome of spinal anesthesia (SPA). Acute reduction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume may alter the effect of SPA. The objective of the present study was to test if aspiration of 10 mL CSF immediately prior to SPA is associated with h...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14138-5
更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The effort to decrease hospital stays and to increase operating room efficacy has become an important consideration in the practice of anesthesia. METHODS:Fifty-three patients who underwent shoulder rotator cuff repair in the sitting position were divided into four groups according to the anesthesia techniq...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Over the last two decades, lung transplantation emerged as the standard of care for patients with advanced and terminal lung disease. Despite the increment in lung transplantation rates, in 2016 the overall mortality while on waiting list in Italy reached 10%, whereas only 39% of the wait-list patients were successful...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.17.12130-9
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper is to describe the anesthesiological management and the outcome of beating heart revascularization. METHODS:A prospective study has been performed in a tertiary teaching hospital on 100 consecutive patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery revascularization. The main features of anesthetic...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review experience with anaesthetic management in patients undergoing a left ventricular assist system (LVAS) Novacor implant as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. SETTING:Cardiothoracic operating room in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Nine, aged 37-62 years, suff...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this paper was to investigate the association between patterns of intracranial hypertension (IH) and outcomes, to describe the treatment of patients with different patterns of IH, and to examine whether IH is an independent predictor of mortality and unfavourable outcome, respectively. METHODS:A...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Thoracic trauma frequently involve damage to the cardiac structures and in the worst cases, the progressive degeneration and necrosis of the damaged tissue lead to cardiac rupture. The high mortality resulting from cardiac tamponade requires the prompt execution of diagnostic tests to provide as much useful informatio...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Excessive adrenergic stimulation may be associated with several adverse events and contribute to increase mortality in critically ill septic patients. Few clinical data exist on the effects of adrenergic blockade in this setting. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a short acting b-blocker (es...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The introduction of use of propofol in the anesthetists' pharmacopoeia has reinvigorated the research for a totally intravenous anaesthesia, for which the Authors propose a diagram. However, in experience related to the supplementary use of N2O, in virtue of its analgesic power, demonstrates yet another utility, permi...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In an acute care setting, diuretics are often prescribed to maintain or increase urine output in patients presenting with acute kidney injury (AKI). The rationale behind giving diuretics is that they may protect the kidney from ischemic injury by maintaining a nonoliguric state. There have been many studies ...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The surgical treatment of cervico-medullary traumas is indicated, in unstable lesions, in large lesions of the mobile rachidic segment in the presence of neurological complications or following worsening of prior neurological symptomatology. The purpose of the operation is at least three-fold: to obtain alignment of v...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The anaesthetic technique chosen for a laparohysterectomy in a woman affected by Apert's acrocephalosyndactilia is described. Difficulties in performing tracheal intubation were overcome by mean of loco-regional anesthesia (LRA). In order to minimize the anaesthetic risk, a standardised preoperative evaluation and ass...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：: ...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 评论,信件
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.19.13553-5
更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the incidence of pulmonary anaerobes in a specific population in surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The objective of this work was to determine the incidence of anaerobes in surgical ICU patients with suspected pneumonia. METHODS:This was a prospective observational, single-ce...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pulmonary complications are a source of greater postoperative morbidity and mortality and longer hospital stays. Although many factors have been implicated as predictors, few models have been developed with the rigorous methodology required for clinically useful tools. In this article we attempt to describe what to lo...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Authors present a retrospective review that compares general anesthesia with regional anesthesia performed during carotid endarterectomy surgery. The study includes 147 procedures, performed on 144 patients: 76 had general anesthesia and 71 had regional anesthesia. After emphasizing the importance of conscience pr...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:An account is given of the employment of althesin as an induction and maintenance anaesthetic. It is free of the drawbacks observed with thiopentone induction, and has negligible haemodynamic and respiratory effects. Its association with leptophen permitted excellent analgesia at minimal leptophen doses, without secon...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prediction of neurological outcome for patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest (CA) is a challenging task. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to improve neurological outcome after CA. Two recent studies indicated that somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) recorded during TH retains high pred...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A double blind comparison between morphine and buprenorphine was performed in 20 patients using a new demand and continuous infusion analgesic system to provide analgesia after cesarean section. The patients were randomized in two equal groups to receive either morphine 1 mg/h or buprenorphine 0.03 mg/h. The PCA syste...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although many drugs have been studied to prevent postoperative shivering, their comparative effectiveness is unknown. We attempted to assess the comparative effectiveness of the pharmacologic strategies to prevent shivering after surgery including intravenous (IV) and intrathecal (IT) meperidine, IV and IT...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.18.12813-6
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an equipoise regarding closed-loop ventilation modes and the ability to reduce workload for providers. On one hand some settings are managed by the ventilator but on another hand the automatic mode introduces new settings for the user. METHODS:This randomized controlled trial compared the number of...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.17.11963-2
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.18.12627-7
更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute respiratory failure (ARF) in cancer patients remains a frequent and severe complication, despite the general improved outcome over the last decade. The survival of cancer patients requiring ventilatory support in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has dramatically improved over the last years. The diagnostic approach, in...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral premedication is common practice in paediatric anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of premedication using oral ketamine, with midazolam. METHODS:Clinical randomized and blind-study on 120 patients, aged between 2 and 6 years, listed for minor surgery. Patients were divided in t...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The term "chronic" is often used in daily clinical practice to indicate a type of pain that lasts over time and is accompanied by diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The common feeling is that in this category are actually collected many different clinical cases with the unique characteristic that the pain lasts ...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to ascertain the prognostic value of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), measured within 24 hours from the onset of septic shock (SS). METHODS:We performed a prospective, observational study on all patients admitted to our hospital's Intensive Care Unit with SS over a one year period fr...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Oxygen supply to all tissues is possible only in a condition of adequate blood circulation. Oxygen demand is the driving force that is responsive of hemodynamic adjustment. The human body acts on four modulators (intravascular volume, inotropy, vasoactivity, chrono-tropy) in order to adjust the hemodynamic state. Hemo...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) in its most severe form ranging from disorders of consciousness to coma is now reported relatively frequently in intensive care journals. Having observed such a case in the intensive care ward of their hospital, the Authors investigate the possibility of differential diagnosis betw...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Authors report their clinical experience about the use of atracurium besylate in preventing succinylcholine-induced fasciculations and postoperative myalgias in fifty athletes (ASA class 1), submitted to arthroscopic meniscectomy. The patients were pretreated with atracurium 5 mg i.v. or saline solution in a doubl...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验,评审
doi：
更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
