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Filter by:This study will compare two ventilator modes in mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury. Acute lung injury (ALI) is a condition in which the lungs are badly injured and are not able to absorb oxygen the way healthy lungs do. About 25% of patients who are ventilated get ALI. ALI causes 75,000 deaths in the US each year. Ventilators can be set to work in different ways, called modes. One mode, called ARDSNet, pumps a small amount of air into the patient's lungs and then most of the air is released prior to the next breath. Another mode, called Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV), keeps air in the lungs longer between breaths. Both of these modes are currently used at this hospital. The investigators think APRV may help patients with ALI, but we do not know for sure.
The recruitment strategy in Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients mechanically ventilated combines recruitment maneuvers and positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). Recruitment maneuvers promote alveolar recruitment leading to increased end-expiratory lung volume in order to prevent repetitive opening and closing of unstable lung units and reduce the strain induced by ventilation. In addition, recruitment is effective in improving oxygenation. Variety of recruitment maneuver have been described, the most commonly used is the application of sustained continuous positive airway pressure at 40 cmH2O for 40 seconds. Staircase recruitment maneuver (SRM) is an alternative with good hemodynamic tolerance. Staircase recruitment maneuver (SRM) involves a progressive increase in positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) (up to 40 cmH2O), in pressure control ventilation, in order to increase end-expiratory lung volume (EELV); then a decreasing PEEP trial is performed. The positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) to prevent alveolar collapse depends on ratio between lung elastance and chest wall elastance. If chest wall elastance is high, the PEEP to obtain a positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure is high. The only way for the time being to know the transpulmonary pressure and the ratio between lung and chest wall elastance is the use of esophageal catheter. A non-invasive method for measuring the lung elastance by measuring volume recruited during a change of pressure (∆PEEP/∆EELV) could be used to avoid the use of esophageal catheter.
The morbidity rate of Stanford A type Acute Aortic Dissection（AAD） has been increasing, about 5-10/100,000* per year. Emergency surgery has been the main treatment for Acute Aortic Dissection, however perioperative mortality rate can be as high as 15~30%. Acute lung injury (ALI) is one of the main complications that happen during the perioperative period, which by itself covers 30%-50% of the overall mortality rate. Both domestic and foreign countries lack researches on risk factors, pathogenesis, disease progression and outcome of ALI, which happen during the perioperative period of Acute Aortic Dissection patients. This topic study follow projects in the preoperative of Acute Aortic Dissection'surgery 1. hemodynamic changes (aortic dissection resulting in acute aortic regurgitation, cardiac tamponade and proximal high blood pressure) 2. ischemia - reperfusion injury of aortic dissection distal organ 3. Aortic intima-media exposure cause coagulation / fibrinolytic system function disorder 4. systemic inflammatory response syndrome; use relevant clinical radiographic parameters, indicators of respiratory mechanics (oxygenation index and lung injury index) and biochemical indicators. To discuss risk factors and possible mechanisms of ADD patients with pre-operative ALI and observe their influences on the progress and prognosis of AAD, to explore early intervention in the preoperative for possible risk factors and mechanisms and to evaluate their influences on the prognosis, to achieve the purpose of reducing AAD perioperative mortality of ALI and medical expenses.
The hypothesis to be tested is that ticagrelor (Brilinta™) will reduce platelet activation and markers of inflammation in patients with pneumonia.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of lung sonography during different PEEP settings in ICU patients with ARDS.
The investigator would assess if there is an incremental energy load during mechanical ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients.
The purpose of this international, multicenter study is to determine ventilation practice and outcomes of intubated and ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Ventilation characteristics and outcomes will be compared between patients without the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), patients at risk for ARDS, and patients with mild, moderate or severe ARDS. Participating centres worldwide will include adult patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the ICU during a 7-day period. Patients data will be collected during the first 7 days in the ICU, or until ICU discharge. Follow up is until day 90. Primary endpoint is the tidal volume size used during mechanical ventilation. Secondary endpoints are development of ARDS in patients without ARDS at the onset of mechanical ventilation, worsening of ARDS in patients with ARDS at the onset of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary infection, other pulmonary complications, need for tracheostomy, extra-pulmonary complications, duration of ventilation, length of ICU and hospital stay, and ICU, hospital and 90-day mortality.
Measure the lung strain in different tidal volume in ADRS patients to find the relationship between tidal volume and lung strain and find the most suitable tidal volume for each patient.
The care of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been significantly improved by learning from experimental and physiological research works and by a series of randomized controlled trials. The mortality of this syndrome remains however high. Numerous experimental and clinical works demonstrated that a ventilatory mode authorizing the patient to make, from the acute phase, spontaneous breathing cycles superimposed on assistance delivered by the ventilator (BIPAP-APRV mode) allowed to improve gas exchanges and hemodynamic tolerance of the ventilation while reducing the need for sedative drugs. This ventilatory mode could also reduce the risk of diaphragmatic dysfunction induced by ventilation. Consequently, our hypothesis is that this ventilatory mode could allow a reduction of mortality in ARDS patients. The aim of this multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled, open study is to compare the effects of two ventilatory strategies on the mortality of ARDS patients and placed under mechanical ventilation.
Fibrocyte is a monocyte sub-population involved in fibroproliferation/repair processes and associated with outcome in different diseases. In previous study, we have demonstrated the presence of alveolar fibrocytes during Acute expiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and their association with patient outcome. The purpose of this multicentric observational prospective study is to describe the percentage of alveolar fibrocytes in ICU patients with ARDS (survivors vs. non survivors) and to confirm their association with 28-day mortality.