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Filter by:Central venous catheters are needed in the critical care setting to administer drugs. Three sites are available to gain vascular access: subclavian, internal jugular and femoral. Each site has complications, but there is no randomized controlled study which compared the 3 sites. The investigators hypothesis is that subclavian catheterization reduces the risk of major complications compared to internal jugular or femoral.
Luminous Medical, the Sponsor is developing a glucose monitor for the critical care setting. The Sponsor's ultimate goal is to provide a near-continuous blood glucose monitor that automatically measures glucose. In this study, Luminous will evaluate the performance of the near-infrared measurement in blood samples collected from patients in the intensive care unit setting.
The purpose of this study is to compare two physiotherapy techniques: chest wall compression versus chest wall compression plus increase of 10 cmH2O in inspiratory pressure.
This study was a trial of a formal system of family meetings to support family decision makers of chronically critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.
The purpose of this study is to translate and validate the CAM-ICU for use in the Korean ICU setting.
The objective of this study was to analyze changes in cardiac function using Doppler echocardiogram in critical patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation using two different weaning methods (pressure support and T-tube) and to compare a subgroup of patients: success vs. failure in weaning and patients with vs. without heart disease.
The discontinuation of mechanical ventilation (MV) and the recovery of spontaneous breathing can lead to important cardiovascular alterations due to changes in the intrathoracic pressure. The autonomic modulation assessed through heart rate variability (HRV) during weaning from MV and its impact on cardiorespiratory variables has not been well elucidated yet. To evaluate the effect of T-tube (TT) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) during weaning from MV on cardiorespiratory variables and heart rate variability.
Patients under threshold IMT show better conditions to weaning from mechanical ventilation than the control group.
The hypothesis of the study is: Does the Surgical Stress Index (SSI) correlate with the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS), the Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS)and/or the Behavioral Pain Scale(BPV) and can therefore be used to monitor the quality of analgosedation in noncommunicative intensive care unit patients?
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of specific activities with and without an early therapeutic mobility (ETM) protocol among patients who experience three or more days of mechanical ventilation. A second purpose is to examine staff/delivery system and patient factors that influence the initiation and progression of activity with and without an ETM protocol. The hypothesis is that ETM protocols will result in improved patient outcomes.