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- A Study of Patients with "Interface Respiratory Failure" Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. Wang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Feng, J.; Cao, J.; Chen, B.-Y. // West Indian Medical Journal;Mar2015, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p81
Objective: To explain a definition of "interface respiratory failure" as arterial blood gas assay with arterial oxygen partial pressure in the range of 60-75 mmHg. Subjects and Methods: We compared arterial blood gases (ABGs), resting respiratory drive and its derivatives, mechanics of...
- Efekat primene kiseonika na visinu kapnije kod bolesnika sa pogorÅ¡anjem hroniÄne respiratorne insuficijencije. Lazić, Zorica; Čekerevac, Ivan; Novković, Ljiljana; Ćupurdija, Vojislav // Vojnosanitetski Pregled: Military Medical & Pharmaceutical Journ;Jul2008, Vol. 65 Issue 7, p521
Background/Aim. Oxygen therapy is a necessary therapeutic method in treatment of severe chronic respiratory failure (CRF), especially in phases of acute worsening. Risks which are to be taken into consideration during this therapy are: unpredictable increase of carbon dioxide in blood,...
- High-volume hemofiltration combined with early goal-directed therapy improves alveolar-arterial oxygen exchange in patients with refractory septic shock. REN, H. -S.; LI, M.; ZHANG, Y. -J.; WANG, L.; JIANG, J. -J.; DING, M.; WANG, C. -T. // European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences;Jan2016, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p355
OBJECTIVE: This study is to evaluate the effect of high-volume hemofiltration (HVHF) and early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) on alveolar-arterial oxygen exchange in patients with refractory septic shock. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were classified into two groups by a prospective cohort study:...
- Intraluminal Intestinal Administration of Oxygenated Perfluorocarbon Improves Acid–Base and Cardiopulmonary Parameters After Acute Mesenteric Ischemia. An Experimental Study in Rabbits. Dimitrios K. Papadimitriou; Georgios A. Pitoulias; Basilios T. Papaziogas; Maria D. Tachtsi; Eustratios D. Kalaitzis // Surgery Today;Apr2007, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p298
AbstractPurpose  The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the intraluminal intestinal administration of oxygenated perfluorocarbon, during experimental acute intestinal ischemia, on the acid–base blood status and the cardiopulmonary...
- Oxygen Prescription and Administration at the Emergency Department and medical wards in Mater Dei Hospital. Asciak, Rachelle; Fenech, Valerie Anne; Gatt, Jurgen; Montefort, Stephen // Malta Medical Journal;Jun2011, Vol. 23 Issue 2, Special section p1
Aims: The aim of this study was to audit current practices on oxygen prescription in the Emergency Department (ED), and on accurate oxygen administration in the wards of Mater Dei Hospital. Method: Two hundred and forty eight adult patients attending the ED with diagnoses most likely to require...
- Beneficial effects of humidified high flow nasal oxygen in critical care patients: a prospective pilot study. Sztrymf, Benjamin; Messika, Jonathan; Bertrand, Fabrice; Hurel, Dominique; Leon, Rusel; Dreyfuss, Didier; Ricard, Jean-Damien // Intensive Care Medicine;Nov2011, Vol. 37 Issue 11, p1780
Purpose: To evaluate the efficiency, safety and outcome of high flow nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure. Methods: Pilot prospective monocentric study. Thirty-eight patients were included. Baseline demographic and clinical data, as well as respiratory...
- EFFICIENCY OF OXYGEN THERAPY BY HEAD BOX FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN INFANTS. Tisa, Ioana Badiu; Butnariu, Angela; Miu, Nicolae; Samasca, Gabriel; Bolboaca, Sorana D. // Romanian Journal of Pediatrics;2013, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p362
Oxygen therapy is the main treatment method for acute respiratory failure in children. The method consisting in the administration of oxygen therapy by head box to infants is frequently used in pediatric practice. Objectives. To evaluate the efficiency of oxygen therapy administered by head box...
- BOX 2-1 BLOOD GASES. Scanlon, Valerie C.; Sanders, Tina // Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology;Jan2007, p30
This article offers information on blood gases. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are blood gases and their levels in arterial blood provide information about the functioning of the respiratory and circulatory systems. Normally, arterial blood has a high concentration of oxygen and a low concentration...
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Heart failure is a systemic syndrome, which causes inadequate blood supply to tissue metabolic needs. In addition, there is an interaction with the lung, causing cardio-pulmonary failure. The noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) has been used as a supportive therapy in patients with cardiac...